senasurā (śani or ṣani > sena [a of ṣani changes to e if a syllable with i follows] + surā = senasurā. It is a very common word which every Sinhalese refers to by any problem. Before they hang out such a flag, the astrologer studies their birthday pass (which includes the horoscope of the birthday) and advices him, that senasurā is probably the reason for his problem. All the flags I earlier wrote about start with his name (senasurā). I even found two shrines dedicated to senasura: an old bearded man, completely in blue colour and the crow at his side).

Heiner

Dear Heiner, Thanks for clarification. How is senasurā to be understood?  Best wishes, Asko

On 3. Aug 2025, at 16.26, Rolf Heinrich Koch <rolfheiner.koch@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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Dr. R. H. Koch - Germany/Sri Lanka 
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