24-09-2025, 02:22 AM
(28-11-2024, 04:39 PM)oshfdk wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.This looks interesting. As far as I remember, divisions of astronomical month or year into 28 segments are known in various cultures, e.g., Arabic lunar mansions (which also include the Pleiades) have been discussed here: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. Are there any particular reasons to link f68r3 with the Chinese version, other than the placement of the Pleiades mansion?
Just for general entertainment and edification, here are the names of the Pleiades in some non-European languages, as well as I could figure them out:
Tibetan: ཀ་རྟི་ཀ smin-drug "six stars"
Mandarin: 昴 mǎo
Cantonese: 昴 maau5
Vietnamese: Tua Rua "Tassel"?
Burmese: ဖျောက်ဆိ hpyawwatsi
Khmer: ផ្កាយ កូន មាន់ phkay kaun man "Chick star"
Thai: ดาวลูกไก่ Dāwlūkkị̀ "Chicken star"
Arabic: الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā
Hebrew: כִּימָה kimā
Voynichese: doary (from f68r3)
My browser (Chromium) cannot display the Tibetan properly (it should be three characters and two dots).
All the best, --jorge