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 
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> 
> 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>
>> 
>>  
>> 
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