[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s20.126 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.126 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.126 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.126) 18, 19. Aṣāḍhās (‘unconquered’), distinguished as Pūrvās, ‘former,’ and Uttarās, ‘latter,’ are really two constellations, of which the former is composed of γ, δ, ε, and η Sagittarii, or of δ and ε only, and the latter of θ, σ, τ, and ζ Sagittarii, or of two, σ and ζ, only. It is probable that originally only four stars forming a square were meant as included in the whole constellation⁸⁹—viz., σ and ζ, with δ and ε. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.125](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.125) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.127) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.126) · Pramāṇa