[INDOLOGY] Help with Manuscript source

[Rolf Heinrich Koch]

In pre-sanscritic times saturn is called  ṣani (not śani). Today 
senasurā. śāni is my error.

Best

Heiner


Am 03.08.2025 um 15:05 schrieb Asko Parpola:
> Dear Heiner, Saturn is usually called śani (or śanaiścara), not śāni. 
> Is it called śāni in Sri Lanka? The dictionaries record attributive 
> śānaścara. Best wishes, Asko
>
>
>> On 3. Aug 2025, at 14.49, Rolf Heinrich Koch via INDOLOGY 
>> <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>>
>> If the bird is blue coloured it may be a crow, the emblem of the 
>> planet Saturn (śāni). In Sri Lanka at each monastery you will find 
>> flags with this crow and a short prayer for śāni to counteract his 
>> influence, which is most feared by the people.
>>
>> May be you search the text for śāni or its Hindi equivalent.
>>
>> Heiner
>>
>> Am 03.08.2025 um 06:10 schrieb Kenneth Gregory Zysk via INDOLOGY:
>>> Dear List,
>>> The following folio is the first of eight with a drawing of a bird 
>>> and accompanying text in Hindi. I should appreciate it if some one 
>>> could identify where this manuscript comes from.
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> <image001.jpg>
>>>
>>>
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