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Star Common Name Constellation Full Name Translation/Reference Rolleston Language Identifier
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: Spdtlit. "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