Hello Heiner,
Can you specify what you mean by pre-Sanscritic times? Do you mean
Indo-Iranian or Indo-European?
Madhav
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor Emeritus, Sanskrit and Linguistics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Senior Fellow, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies
Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India
[Residence: Campbell, California, USA]
On Sun, Aug 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM Rolf Heinrich Koch via INDOLOGY <
[email protected]> wrote:
> In pre-sanscritic times saturn is called ṣani (not śani). Today senasurā.
> śāni is my error.
>
> Best
>
> Heiner
>
>
> Am 03.08.2025 um 15:05 schrieb Asko Parpola:
>
> 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]> <[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>
>
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