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Definition of Asterisms
1. asterism [n] - See also: asterism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asterisms
Literary usage of Asterisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rāja-çekhara's Karpūra-mañjarī: a drama by the Indian poet Rājaçekhara by Rājaśekhara (1901)
"Hindu Seasons, Months, and asterisms. In the Prakrit text above, and in the sequel
also, there is a considerable number of allusions to the Hindu seasons ..."
2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1904)
"No.6 THE PERUVIAN asterisms AND THEIR RELATION TO THE RITUAL.' BY STANSBURY HAGAR.
Secretary of ib. ..."
3. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1897)
"From this it becomes manifest that the vernal equinox was once in the beginning
of Mula, and Mula was reckoned the first of the asterisms when they were ..."
4. Chinese Researches: First Part, Chinese Chronology & Cycles by Thomas Fergusson (1880)
"Burgess, op: cit: page 200, gives a table of correspondences between the Chinese,
and Hindoo, and Arabian system of the 28 asterisms; and he shows that with ..."
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