View Stars for Constellation Canis Major
Star Common Name | Constellation | Full Name | Translation/Reference | Rolleston | Language | Identifier |
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Abur | CMa | Al Abur al Yamaniyyah | the passage to Yemen, in the myth of Canopus' flight to the south on Argo Navis Allen, p. 121 |
"That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star)." | Arabic | * alf CMa |
Adarah | CMa | aðara | virgins Allen, p. 130 |
a pure virgin, separated | Arabic | * eps CMa |
Adard | CMa | aðara | virgins Allen, p. 130 |
Arabic | * eps CMa | |
Adhara | CMa | Al `Adhra | the maidens Allen, p. 130 |
the glorious | Arabic | * eps CMa |
Al Adra | CMa | singular of "Al `Adhara" | the virgin Allen, p. 130 |
the glorious | Arabic | * eps CMa |
Al Femeniya | CMa | Al Shi`ra al Shamiyyah | the bright star of Syria Allen, p. 132 |
the prince or chief of the right hand | Arabic | * alf CMa |
Al Habor | CMa | Al Habor | a name used in Riccioli's 1515 Almagest Allen, p. 121 |
the mighty | Arabic | * alf CMa |
Al Jemeniya | CMa | Al Abur al Yamaniyyah | the star of Yemen Allen, p. 121 |
the prince or chief of the right hand | Arabic | * alf CMa |
Al Kurud | CMa | Al Kurud |
the apes Allen, p. 130 |
Arabic | * zet CMa | |
Al Mirzam | CMa | Al Mirzama al Shi'rayin | the announcer [of the star of Syria (Sirius) rising] Allen, p. 129 |
the prince, the ruler | Arabic | * bet CMa |
Al Shira | CMa | Al Abur al Yamaniyyah | the passage of Yemen; for an observer facing east in Mecca, Yemen is on the right hand and Syria is on the left hand; this must be known to go anywhere because Mecca Is a port on the Arabian Gulf Allen, p. 121 |
the prince, or chief of the right hand | Arabic (Ulugh Beg, 1437) | * alf CMa |
Al Shira | CMa | aš-ši‘ra | the Syrian, the leader Allen, p. 121 |
Arabic | * alf CMa | |
Al Shira al Jememiya | CMa | Al Si`ra, Al Abur al Yamaniyyah | "Al Shi'ra al Yamaniyyah", the bright star of Yemen; Sara, the one on the right; DEL CMA is "Hadar" Allen, p. 121 |
the prince or chief of the right hand | Arabic | * bet CMa |
Al Zara | CMa | taanii al-aðarii | the virgins Knobel, E. B. (June 1895), "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 55: 429–438, Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K, doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * omi02 CMa | |
Alhabor | CMa | Habor | a hound's head (Chaucer, 1391) Allen, p. 121 |
Arabic (Almagest of 1515) | * alf CMa | |
Aludra | CMa | Al-'Udhrah | The maidenhead http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | * eta CMa | |
Aludra | CMa | Al-'Udhrah | the brightest of four virgins Allen, p. 130 |
the glorious | Arabic | * eps CMa |
Aoul al Adzari | CMa | awwal al-adhara | First of the Virgins Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429–438. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429. |
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * eps CMa | |
Ascher | CMa | Aschere Aliemeni | the leader of Yemen (in the Qu'ran) Allen, p. 122 |
who shall come | the Alfonsine Tables of 1483 Spain | * alf CMa |
Aschere | CMa | Aschere | the leader Allen, p. 122 |
the Alfonsine Tables of 1483 Spain | * alf CMa | |
Canicula | CMa | Canicula | little dog Allen, p. 121 |
Latin | * alf CMa | |
Dog Star | CMa | Sirius | the brightest star in the sky is in Canis Major, the greater dog Allen, p. 120 |
colloquial English | * alf CMa | |
Furud | CMa | Al-Furud | "Individual" stars http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | * zet CMa | |
Furud | CMa | Al Kurud | the apes Allen, p. 130 |
Arabic | * zet CMa | |
Furud | CMa | Al Agribah | the ravens Allen, p. 130 |
Arabic (Al-Sufi, 964 AD) | * zet CMa | |
Isis | CMa | Isis, a popular Egptian godess |
Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BCE) as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her slain husband, the divine king Osiris, and produces and protects his heir, Horus. She was believed to help the dead enter the afterlife as she had helped Osiris, and she was considered the divine mother of the pharaoh, who was likened to Horus. Her maternal aid was invoked in healing spells to benefit ordinary people. Originally, she played a limited role in royal rituals and temple rites, although she was more prominent in funerary practices and magical texts. She was usually portrayed in art as a human woman wearing a throne-like hieroglyph on her head. During the New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BCE), as she took on traits that originally belonged to Hathor, the preeminent goddess of earlier times, Isis came to be portrayed wearing Hathor's headdress: a sun disk between the horns of a cow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis |
Egyptian (accocring to Grotius) | * mu. CMa | |
Isis | CMa | The goddess of soil and rain fertility to the Egyptians. |
goddess of the moon, fertility, healing and magic |
Egyptian | * mu. CMa | |
Isis | CMa | Sopdet |
Sopdet is the ancient Egyptian name of the star Sirius and its personification as an Egyptian goddess. Known to the Greeks as Sothis, she was conflated with Isis as a goddess and Anubis as a god. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopdet |
Egyptian | * alf CMa | |
Kasista | CMa | the creator of prosperity |
Abraham, the Syrian, and Sarai Alllen, p. 122 |
the leader | Akkadian | * alf CMa |
Lokabrenna | CMa | Lokabrenna | The brightest star in the night sky, known to most as Sirius, was called “Lokabrenna” by the Nordic people. The name meant “burning by Loki”, or “Loki’s torch”. http://loki-in-myth.tumblr.com/post/27776209329/lokabrenna |
Scandanavian | * alf CMa | |
Lubdhaka | CMa | Lubdhaka | deer hunter https://vedicsiddhanta.in/2017/09/the-brightest-star-in-sky-lubdhak-dog.html |
Sanskrit | * alf CMa | |
Mirza | CMa | Mirza (Century atlas) | the announcer Allen, p. 130 |
Arabic | * gam CMa | |
Mirzam | CMa | Al Mirzama al Shi'rayin | the two announcers of Syria, announcing the rising of Sirius Allen, p. 129 |
the prince | Arabic | * bet CMa |
Mrgavyadha | CMa | Mrgavyadha |
One of the Eleven Rudras (ekadasa-rudra), according to the Agni-purana. The Agni Purana is a religious text containing details on Visnu’s different incarnations (avatar), but also deals with various cultural subjects such as Cosmology, Grammar and Astrology. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/mrigavyadha |
Sanskrit | * alf CMa | |
Muliphein | CMa | muhlifayn | the two causing dispute and the swearing of an oath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Canis_Majoris#Nomenclature |
Arabic | * gam CMa | |
Muliphen | CMa | Muhluifain |
Burritt named bet CMa as "Muliphen" after Noah's doves. Allen, p. 130 |
the leader or chief | Arabic ( Elijah Hinsdale Burritt 20-April-1794 in New Britain, Connecticut; 3-January-1838 in Galveston, Texas) | * bet CMa |
Muliphen | CMa | Muhluifain | "Muhluifain", oath, covenant, as with Noah's dove Allen, p. 130 |
the leader, the chief | Arabic | * del CMa |
Murzim | CMa | Al-Murzim | The roarer, the herald http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | * bet CMa | |
Phurud | CMa | Al Furud | the bright single ones Allen, p. 130 |
Arabic | * zet CMa | |
Prima Virginum | CMa | Aoul ak Adzari |
First of the Virgins Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55: 429–438. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429. |
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * eps CMa | |
Sar | CMa | Al Si`ra | the Syrian; i.e. the star that cannot be seen north of Syria Allen, p. 121 |
the prince | Arabic | * alf CMa |
Secunda Virginum | CMa | Secunda Virginum | the second virgin Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * omi01 CMa | |
Secunda Virginum | CMa | Thanih al Adzari |
The second virgin. Knobel, E. B (June 1895). Al Achasi al Mouakket, on a catalog of stars in the Calendrium of Mohammad al Achasi al Mouakket. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Latin | * omi02 CMa | |
Seir | CMa | Al Si`ra | sparkling, bright, the Syrian Allen, p. 121 |
the prince | Arabic | * alf CMa |
Sirius | CMa | Seirious |
the chief; the brightest star in the sky; meaning explicitly Abraham, the Father of all that believe, a Syrian Allen, p. 120 (read the Greek) |
the prince | Greek (Hesiod) | * alf CMa |
Sopdet | CMa | Sopdet |
The exact pronunciation of ancient Egyptian is uncertain, as vowels were not recorded until a very late period. In modern transcription, her name usually appears as Sopdet (Ancient Egyptian: Spdt, lit. "Triangle" or "Sharp One") after the known Greek and Latin form Sothis (Greek: Σ?θις, S??this). The word "sophitication" in Latin and Modern Eglish derive from her name. She had a reputation of seducing kings, killing them in the act, then dividing their kingdoms In Babylon, she was famous for being the goddess of prostitution. She appears in the Bible as "Ashtoreth" with King Solomon, and "Ishtar" with King Nebuchadnezzar, and is likely involved in the youthful death of Alexander the Great under the name "Sothis". She also went by the name of "Isis" in Egypt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopdet#Representation |
Egyptian | * alf CMa | |
Tertia Virginum | CMa | Thalath al Adzari |
the third virgin Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Latin (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * del CMa | |
Thalath al Adzari | CMa | Thalath al Adzari | the third virgin Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * del CMa | |
Thanih al Adzari | CMa | Thanih al Adzari | the second virgin Knobel, E. B. (June 1895). "Al Achsasi Al Mouakket, on a catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 55 (8): 429. Bibcode:1895MNRAS..55..429K. doi:10.1093/mnras/55.8.429 |
Arabic (Al Achsasi al Mouakket, 1650) | * omi01 CMa | |
Tishtrya | CMa | Tishtrya | the rain-maker divinity Allen, p. 122 |
the chieftan of the east | Persian | * alf CMa |
Udara | CMa | Al `Adhara | one of the four virgins Allen, p. 130 |
Arabic | * eps CMa | |
Udra | CMa | Al `Adhara | one of the four virgins Allen, p. 130 |
Arabic | * omi02 CMa | |
Wesen | CMa | Al Wazn | heavy, as the star seems to rise with difficulty from the horizon Allen, p. 130 |
the bright, shining, the scarlet | Arabic | * del CMa |
Wezen | CMa | Al-Wazn | The weight [the star seems to have difficulty rising above the horizon] http://www.icoproject.org/star.html |
Arabic | * del CMa |