Leo Minor constellation
Simha-sāvaka mandala – lesser Lion. Leo Minor.
Alpha – Praecipula (principal star).
Stars at Sidereal Zodiac Degree
Praecipua
7°01’ Leo
– Omicron Leo Minor. Chief, or leader.
Leo constellation
Simha mandala – Burj al Ased – The Lion – Urgula, big dog – Layish – Aru – Shir – Lik-gula – Aryeh – Leya – Simhika. Deity – Surya, the sun.
Alpha – Regulus – Cor Leonis – Kalb – prince – heart of the lion – Yamaraja-putra – Dharmaputra – Melekh, the king – Basiliskos – Sar-ru – Lugal – Rex – Malik – Regalis.
Beta – Denebola, tail of the lion – Uttara – Dzeneb al-asad – Zanab-al-asad – Aleet.
Gamma – Al Gieba, the forehead/the wondrous.
Delta – Zozma – El Zubra – Dhahr al Ased.
Epsilon – Ras Elased, head of the lion – Rasalas.
Zeta – Adhafera, curl.
Theta – Coxa – Chort – Chertan.
Iota – Tsze Tseang, second general.
Lambda – Alterf, glance.
Mu – Rasalas.
Other Asterisms in Leo
5 stars forming the body of Leo are conspicuous by the colour red (Pāndu colour) – Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Theta.
Nakshatra Maghā – Aghāh – Kakkab-Gis-bar (wood of light) – Kakkab Gub-bara-mes-su-tu-e-kur (fire-flame ruler of the host temple of earth) – Al-guba -the sickle – Bhrigu. The 10th nakshatra of sequence in the Indian star asterism system. Made up of the stars Alpha, Gamma, Eta, Epsilon and Delta. Deity – Pitris.
Purva-Phalguni nakshatra – Arjuni – Kakkab Ili-ku-a (asterism of Maradukh, the oracle god) – Al Zubra. The 11th nakshatra. Made up of the stars Delta and Theta of Leo. Deity – Bhaga (the Aditya)
Uttara Phalguni nakshatra – Arjuni, the black – Kakkab Lamas-su (asterism of the flaming one) – Al Serpha, the lion’s tail. The 12th of the nakshatra system. Made up of stars Beta Leo and Upsilon Virgo. Deity – Aryaman (the Aditya)
El Terfa – Glance of the lion’s eye. Lambda Leo. The 9th Arabic moon station.
El Jeb’ha – Forehead. Made up of Alpha, Eta, Gamma, Zeta, Mu and Epilson of Leo. The 10th Arabic star mansion.
El Zubra – Hair on the back. Delta and Theta of Leo. The 11th Arabic star asterism.
El Serba – The turning. Beta Leo. The 12th Arabic moon station.
Alterf
24°01’ Cancer
– Lambda Leo – The lion’s glance. The extremity.
Ras Elased Australis
26°51’ Cancer
– Epsilon Leo – The eyebrows of the lion. Al Ashfar. Southern.
Subra
0°23’ Leo
– Omicron Leo – In the leg of the lion.
Adhafera
3°42’ Leo
– Zeta Leo. The Curl of hair on the lion’s forehead. Also known as a funeral pyre as Al Serpha.
Al Jabhah
4°03’ Leo
Eta Leo. Part of the 15 Arabic star mansion. The forehead of the lion.
Algieba
5°45’ Leo
– Gamma Leo. – Means forehead though on the lion’s mane. One of the stars in an Arabic asterism of the sickle.
Regulus
5°58’ Leo
– Alpha Leo. King of kings. Lion-heart. The red flame. Magha Nakshatra in the Indian pantheon. The heart of the lion. Watcher from the north. Vanant (At the edge of the forest of stars.)
Zosma
17°27’ Leo
– Delta Leo – The Star of discretion. Meaning girdle, at the back of lion. Sukshma, in the Indian pantheon. Kua, the oracle in ancient Euphrates. Purva Phalguni nakshatra, of the apsara Arjuni.
Coxa
19°34’ Leo
– Eta Leo. – Meaning rib. In the mane of the lion. Makes up Arabic star mansion Al Zubra, the mane, and Indian Nakshatra Purva Phalguni.
Denebola
27°45’ Leo
– Beta Leo – The tail of the lion. Uttara Phalguni in the Indian star mansions. Provident for journeys and marriage.
Hydra constellation
Hrada-sarpa mandala – Tsir-gal, the great snake – Nakhasch maim, the great snake of the water – Kaliya – Rahu – Ananta.
Alpha – Alphard – the solitary one – Rahah – Rahu – Kaliya – Alla, the snake – Al-Ferd – Tur – Tah – Cor Hydrae, heart of the Hydra.
Beta – Sesha.
Zeta – Vasuki.
Sigma – Minhar al Shuja, the snake’s nose.
Tau – Ukdah, the knot.
Other Asterisms in Hydra
Asleshā nakshatra – Kattsir-ninake (mouth of the snake drinks) – Kakkab Tur-us-mal-mukh (asterism of the son of the supreme temple) – Ili Danu (the god, the divine judge) – Caput Hydra, the head of Hydra
The stars form a chakra on the hood of Hydra. The 9the nakshatra star asterism.
Made up of stars Zeta, Epsilon, Eta, Delta and Sigma of Hydra.
Alphard
3°25’ Leo
– Alpha Hydra. The Solitary one. Rahu in Indian pantheons, also Kaliya in old world Krishna story. Vasuki, the king of snakes. The heart of the Water Serpent Hydra.
Sextans constellation
Shashthamsa mandala.
Antila constellation
Vayu-yantra mandala – Antila Pneumatica – hand pump.
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