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Leo

Leo Minor constellation

 

Simha-sāvaka mandala – lesser Lion.

Alpha – Praecipula (principal star).

 

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 constellation 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.

 

Argo

 

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 constellations 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.

 

Sextans constellation 

 

Shashthamsa mandala.

 

Antila constellation

 

Vayu-yantra mandala – Antila Pneumatica – hand pump.