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यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

8. Maghās, the ‘bounties,’ are the Sickle, or , Leonis. The variants Anaghā, the ‘sinless one,’ etc., clearly refer to the auspicious influence of the constellation.(** 9, 10. Phalgunī, Phalgunyau, Phalgū, Phalgunīs, Phalgunyas, is really a-double constellation, divided into Pūrve, ‘former,’ and Uttare, ‘latter.’ The former is and Leonis, the latter and 93 Leonis. According to Weber, the word denotes, like Arjunī, the variant of the Rigveda, a ‘brightcoloured’ constellation.