Uttaraphalguṇi

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उत्तरफाल्गुनी (uttaraphālgunī).

Proper noun

Uttaraphalguṇi ?

  1. (astronomy) Uttara Phalgunī, the twelfth of 27 nakshatras in Hindu astronomy, corresponding to Denebola (β Leonis) in the Leo constellation.

Further reading
  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Uttaraphalguṇi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 73
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