6500rss@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (07/12/90)
I recently had a conversation with a Tamilian who insisted that the 'big dipper' star cluster was not the Saptarishis, or seven rishis originally sent by Brahma to disperse the Vedas. As a native of Andhra and part of a very orthodox Brahmin family, I was taught that the stars did in fact rep- resent the rishis. Could someone please clarify? Prabhu Ambatipudi -- at 6500rss@ucsbuxa.bitnet
sanjiv@hoss.unl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia) (07/13/90)
In article <1188@idunno.Princeton.EDU> 6500rss@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu writes: > >I recently had a conversation with a Tamilian who insisted that the >'big dipper' star cluster was not the Saptarishis, or seven rishis >originally sent by >Brahma to disperse the Vedas. As a native of Andhra and part of a very >orthodox Brahmin family, I was taught that the stars did in fact rep- >resent the rishis. Could someone please clarify? >Prabhu Ambatipudi -- at 6500rss@ucsbuxa.bitnet I think you are right. I have always thought that the big dipper (ursa major) is saptrishis. Sanjiv -- Sanjiv K. Bhatia Department of Computer Science (402)-472-3485 Ferguson Hall 115 sanjiv@fergvax.unl.edu University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0115