On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.191

v2.c19.191

In Chuan II, as we have seen, our pilgrim complains of incorrect names for the Rain-Retreat having come into use in China. Here he points out how misinterpretation or mistranslation had brought about an error as to the time of keeping the Retreat. The word for "stars" in this passage is *hsing*, the common word for "star", but here our pilgrim evidently meant by it asterisms or Nakshatras. Thus Śrāvaṇa, the name of the month July-August, is from Śravaṇa, the name of an asterism, and Āśvayuja, the month September-October, is from Āśvayuj, the name of an asterism.