Guest guest Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Namaste Ms Revati_N27 madam ji, Appreciate your response......A good one......would request you to kindly put the weblinks in the body of the message rather than in the subject line......probably you might have done in a hurry or inadvertently....... http://rathnasree.htmlplanet.com/indian_records_of_the_crab_super With regards, Sreeram_Srinivas , "revati_n27" <revati_n27 wrote:>> There seems ample evidence in the Indian constellation names and > legends that Orion represents Shiva, one of the Hindu trinity of > Gods. The Indian, Siddhantic Astronomical term for the Orion is > Kalapurusha or Rudra, which are different names for Shiva. There are > several other symbols associated with Shiva which are represented > around Orion in Indian star lore. Taurus the Bull, could be > associated with Nandi, Shiva's vehicle, a sacred Bull. Aakash Ganga, > or the Milkyway could have connotations of the river Ganga that was > imprisoned in the hair of Shiva, on account of her turbulent > behaviour. Also imprisoned in his hair is the Crescent Moon – an > occasional visitor to these parts of the sky.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Namaste Sreeramji: Appreciate your acknoledgement. My apologies for the inconvinience, I realized only later. Thanks, Jayasree , " sreeram srinivas " <sreeram64 wrote: > > Namaste Ms Revati_N27 madam ji, > > Appreciate your response......A good one......would request you to > kindly put the weblinks in the body of the message rather than in the > subject line......probably you might have done in a hurry or > inadvertently....... > > http://rathnasree.htmlplanet.com/indian_records_of_the_crab_super > <http://rathnasree.htmlplanet.com/indian_records_of_the_crab_super> > > With regards, > > Sreeram_Srinivas > > > , " revati_n27 " > <revati_n27@> wrote: > > > > There seems ample evidence in the Indian constellation names and > > legends that Orion represents Shiva, one of the Hindu trinity of > > Gods. The Indian, Siddhantic Astronomical term for the Orion is > > Kalapurusha or Rudra, which are different names for Shiva. There are > > several other symbols associated with Shiva which are represented > > around Orion in Indian star lore. Taurus the Bull, could be > > associated with Nandi, Shiva's vehicle, a sacred Bull. Aakash Ganga, > > or the Milkyway could have connotations of the river Ganga that was > > imprisoned in the hair of Shiva, on account of her turbulent > > behaviour. Also imprisoned in his hair is the Crescent Moon – an > > occasional visitor to these parts of the sky. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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