[INDOLOGY] Naming of the the nakṣatras

[Antonia Ruppel]

Dear list,

On behalf of a colleague, I am looking for literature on the naming of the
nakṣatras. Also, do we know how it was decided which star (sometimes
singular, sometimes plural) was chosen to 'represent' that part of the sky,
as it were?

In some cases, it seems obvious (the Pleiades, for example, are quite
striking, even with modern levels of light pollution; and Aldebaran is
reddish/rohiṇī indeed); in others less so, hence the search for any
systematic studies of this.

With many thanks,
     Antonia
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