Pushya - Revision history

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	[[File:Pushya nakshatras in Temple draw+lbl 4ase.jpg\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th nakshatra, temple ... ]]		[[File:Pushya nakshatras in Temple draw+lbl 4ase.jpg\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th nakshatra, temple ... ]]
	[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]		[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]

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 === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===

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 [[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif|thumb|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]
 Puṣya (पुष्य) is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. Pushya is identified with the stars γ, δ and θ Cancri that surround the star cluster M44. Its appearance is described in Indian star catalogs with the term '''meghavt''<nowiki/>', cloudy/ nebulous (मेघ , megha, cloud), which refers to the open star cluster itself.
 ==Etymology and History==
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 Yet, as the image found in historical depictions is an arrow with only one (bright) star, it suggests that the feathers of the arrow actually represent the group in and around M44. The bright star is α CMi ([[Procyon]]) that rises simultaneously with the faint stars in Cancer was likely used as a marker for them, in particular during twilight observations. Thus, the arrow could be the imagined line between the actual nakshatra group and the observed bright star as indicator.
 === Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
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	[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]		[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]

	Puṣya (पुष्य) is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. Pushya is identified with the stars γ, δ and θ Cancri that surround the star cluster M44.		Puṣya (पुष्य) is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. Pushya is identified with the stars γ, δ and θ Cancri that surround the star cluster M44. Its appearance is described in Indian star catalogs with the term '''meghavt''<nowiki/>', cloudy/ nebulous (मेघ , megha, cloud), which refers to the open star cluster itself.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	[[File:8 Pushya draw.~~png~~\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th ~~Nakshatra~~, ~~drawn as an arrow~~.]]		[[File:Pushya nakshatras in Temple draw+lbl 4ase.jpg\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th nakshatra, temple ... ]]
	[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]		[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]

	Puṣya (पुष्य) is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. Pushya is identified with the stars γ, δ and θ Cancri that surround the star cluster M44.		Puṣya (पुष्य) is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. Pushya is identified with the stars γ, δ and θ Cancri that surround the star cluster M44.

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	Yet, as the image found in historical depictions is an arrow with only one (bright) star, it suggests that the feathers of the arrow actually represent the group in and around M44. The bright star is α CMi ([[Procyon]]) that rises simultaneously with the faint stars in Cancer was likely used as a marker for them, in particular during twilight observations. Thus, the arrow could be the imagined line between the actual nakshatra group and the observed bright star as indicator.		Yet, as the image found in historical depictions is an arrow with only one (bright) star, it suggests that the feathers of the arrow actually represent the group in and around M44. The bright star is α CMi ([[Procyon]]) that rises simultaneously with the faint stars in Cancer was likely used as a marker for them, in particular during twilight observations. Thus, the arrow could be the imagined line between the actual nakshatra group and the observed bright star as indicator.
	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
			<gallery>
			File:Pushya nakshatras in Temple draw+lbl 4ase.jpg\|Pushya, 10th century CE
			File:Nakshatra temple magDraw lbl.jpg\|Display of all 28th nakshatras in silver arch with candles in Tirupperunthurai (Athmanathaswamy temple) near Aranthangi, India, 10th century CE. (SMH 2025).
			File:Nakshatras in Temple draw+lbl 4ase.jpg\|Display of all 28th nakshatras in a door frame in Tirupperunthurai (Athmanathaswamy temple) near Aranthangi, India, 10th century CE. (SMH 2025).
			File:Tibet nakshatra 06.png\|Pushya, Tibetean
			File:鬼宿（仏像図彙）.png\|Pushya, Chinese
			File:8 Pushya draw.png\|Pushya as reconstructed by Jones (1720)
			</gallery>

	== Mythology ==		== Mythology ==

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	[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]		[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]
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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
			'''Name Variants'''

			* Puṣya,
			* Pushya
			* Sidhya
			* Tiṣya

	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
	The term literally means "the Nourisher" and therefore causes the same association of the star cluster in Cancer like the Greek "manger" that survives in the Latin name of the star cluster M44: Praesepe.		The term literally means "the Nourisher" and therefore causes the same association of the star cluster in Cancer like the Greek "manger" that survives in the Latin name of the star cluster M44: Praesepe.

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	[[File:8 Pushya draw.png\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow.]]		[[File:8 Pushya draw.png\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow.]]
	[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]		[[File:8 Pushya stellarium.gif\|thumb\|Pushya, 8th Nakshatra, drawn as an arrow in Cancer.]]
	~~...~~ is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it.		Puṣya (पुष्य) is an Indian name, used by the Indian Vedic tradition. Most of these names are roughly 3000 years old. They pre-date Hinduism but were taken over by it. Pushya is identified with the stars γ, δ and θ Cancri that surround the star cluster M44.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	The term literally means "the Nourisher" and therefore causes the same association of the star cluster in Cancer like the Greek "manger" that survives in the Latin name of the star cluster M44: Praesepe.

	Yet, as the image found in historical depictions is an arrow with only one (bright) star, it suggests that the bright star is α CMi ([[Procyon]]) that rises simultaneously with the faint stars in Cancer and was likely used as a marker for them, in particular during twilight observations.
	=== Origin of Constellation ===		=== Origin of Constellation ===
			The term literally means "the Nourisher" and therefore causes the same association of the star cluster in Cancer like the Greek "manger" that survives in the Latin name of the star cluster M44: Praesepe.

			Yet, as the image found in historical depictions is an arrow with only one (bright) star, it suggests that the feathers of the arrow actually represent the group in and around M44. The bright star is α CMi ([[Procyon]]) that rises simultaneously with the faint stars in Cancer was likely used as a marker for them, in particular during twilight observations. Thus, the arrow could be the imagined line between the actual nakshatra group and the observed bright star as indicator.
	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===