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 > <[email protected]> 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> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> INDOLOGY mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > -- > Dr. R. H. Koch - Germany/Sri Lanka > www.rolfheinrichkoch.wordpress.com > <http://www.rolfheinrichkoch.wordpress.com/> > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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