Āpaṃvatsa ()
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Apamvatsa
Āpaṃvatsa is an Indian star name attested throughout the last millennium. The only indication of the position is Apavatsa is 5° to the north of Chitra (Spica) in Virgo. No information on magnitudes is preserved.[1]
Concordance, Etymology, History
Origin of Name
The text Sūryasiddhānta is considered as an authority from the 8th to the 19th century CE, but the author(s) remain unknown. Its date is estimated to the 4th or 5th century. It contains a chapter with lists of coordinates and names of stars, which allows for identifications.
Transfer and Transformation
Religion/ Tales/ Mythology
mnemonic tales and cultural significance
Weblinks
References
- References (general)
- ↑ B. S. Shylaja and Venketeswara Pai (2019). Āpa and Apāṃvatsa – enigmatic stars catalogued in Sūryasiddhānta, J. Astrophys. Astr. (2019) 40:48, Indian Academy of Sciences
