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   benjamin Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 7:19 am

   superstarring, i va han starring tak em. Thawk thra hle mai.

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   chabetkaia Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 9:24 am

   very interesting!!!! ti thra e, starring nge nge

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   virgochhas Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 11:12 am

   eee…a list atrang khan kut xung trang thliak nghauh nghauh in ka chhiar a….paruk chiah ka lo hre ve nih chu…

   van xia lo e….bai haaat nghal i la thrat don hi…

   an sap hming te i hre tel nghal nghe nghe lo mauh!!

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   xxx Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 3:03 pm

   Zangkhua = Ursa Major (aka Big Dipper)
   Zangkhawte = Ursa Minor (aka Little Dipper)
   Chohreivung = Orion
   Khiangtezawngzim = Taurus
   Siruk = Pleiades
   Chawngmawii = Venus
   Hrangchhuana = Jupiter
   Sisakei = Antares
   Siaia = Mars
   Vanpuisaihrua = Join Sirius, Procyon B & Pollux to form an arc
   Dingdipuantah = Capella & three other stars
   Sisil = Polaris (Pole Star, North Star)
   Sivahluk = Rigel (of Orion constellation)
   Varparharsi = Venus (same as Chawngmawii)
   Sikawlhrut = Canopus (second brightest star in the night sky)

   Was an astronomy buff as a kid, the first astronomy book I read was “Arsi Chanchin” by Rev Liangkhaia. I think the book is (sadly) out of print.

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   virgochhas Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 3:05 pm

   Sikeisen chu Mars a ni lo em ni????

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   xxx Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 3:12 pm

   virgochhas wrote:

   Sikeisen chu Mars a ni lo em ni????

   No, and I know this is confusing. Siaia is the star that competes with Hrangchhuana for Chawngmawii’s heart, according to our ancestors. These three are planets (Mars, Venus and Jupiter, respectively), and they align once in every few years. Hence the story (see link to original story).

   Sikeisen, on the other hand, is a *star* (not a planet) or red color called Antares, in the Scorpio constellation.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares

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   xxx Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 3:13 pm

   Doh…*star* (not a planet) of red color…..above

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   virgochhas Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 3:16 pm

   awi…chuti chu 6 emaw ka hriat ka lo tia, 5 chiah ka lo hria a nih chu

   van han xia lo chiang kuang ….

   very interesting topic and very enlightening

   thanks….

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   xxx Says:
   September 12th, 2006 at 3:26 pm

   On reading the original article more closely it is lacking many details (e.g., the fact that Chawngmawii & Hrangchhuana are planets). I’ll write a blog on this subject one of these days and try to tell a more complete story.

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    benjamin Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 4:17 pm

    Looking forward to that. Unless we keep good written docs about such traditional way of naming/calling things, our children won’t know. Myself, I don’t know them properly to begin with.

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    Anonymous Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 6:37 pm

    pipu te khan planet e net lo e , star e star lo e an thliar hrang in a lang lo, an tan chuan zana vana desep zawng2 khi Arsi an ti a, tin, a eng hleihluak bik khi Thla an ti ni mai hian ka ring thrin.. tuma thiam sanna leh astronomy pawh nei lem lo si khan an mah ni tawkah an lo turu ve ngawt mai ka ti thrin…

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    virgochhas Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 6:45 pm

    anon…i agree….

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    misual Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 8:07 pm

    “Arsi Chanchin” by Rev Liangkhaia (Original) hi ka la kawl tha ran…. kei poh astronomy chu tui thin kawp mai.

    “Arsi Chanchin” by Rev Liangkhaia hi an print tha leh tawh a lawm. Pu Liangkhaia tupa Dr. Laltlaungliana Khiangte khan 2002/2003 vel khan a chhuah tha leh a lom…. Synod Bookroom velah a la awm ang.

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    xxx Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 8:12 pm

    Thanks for the info! I’ll ask someone from Aizawl to send me a copy. Would be great to update the book with more modern info about stars, planets and the cosmos in general.

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    life10 Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 9:41 pm

    hey this is so informative..ka lo hre mang lo rere mizo hming ho khi… thank you . pu liangkhaia te ang ho hi chu an thawh thra thin bik mange..a tupa pu tluangtea pawh…chuan xxx pawh..hey “TDH” how are u??:))

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    xxx Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 9:50 pm

    am fine, $3xy

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    benjamin Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 9:56 pm

    spam a maw ka ti hman tep chu.

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    life10 Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 10:03 pm

    lolzzz…xxx and ben

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    xxx Says:
    September 12th, 2006 at 10:58 pm

    Hei Siruk thlalak:

    https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ap.....er_big.jpg

    Enjoy

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    virgochhas Says:
    September 13th, 2006 at 11:50 am

    ka naupan laiin ka pi in siruk hi min hrilh a…nalh ka ti thei rap mawle…

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    J Says:
    September 13th, 2006 at 8:49 pm

    Oinkkk ck alert! life10 & xxx…seems like old times

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