phalgu means "reddish". It's probably referring to the reddish
powder, a earthly receptor for this stellar force-- "ginger" which
has a reddish powder made from it's root. Purva phalguni is also the
deity Aryaman which is the god of the setting sun, and thus
"reddish". Uttara Phalguni is "the blind sun" (Bhaga).
phalgu
mf(%{U84} , or %{vI})n. reddish , red TS. ; small , minute , feeble ,
weak , pithless , unsubstantial , insignificant , worthless ,
unprofitable , useless VS. &c. &c. ; f. Ficus Oppositifolia L. ; a
red powder usually of the root of wild ginger (coloured with sappan
wood and thrown over one another by the Hindu1s at the Holi1
festival ; cf. %{phalgU7tsava}) W. ; the spring season L. ; (scil. %
{vAc}) a falsehood lie L. ; N. of a river flowing Past Gaya1 MBh.
Hariv. ; du. (in astrol.) N. of a Nakshatra.
phAlguna
mf(%{I4})n. relating to the Nakshatra Phalguni1 S3Br. S3rS. ; born
under the NÒNakshatra PhÒPhalguni1 Pa1n2. 4-3 , 34 (v.l.) ; m. (with
or scil. %{mAsa}) the month during which the full moon stands in the
NÒNakshatra PhÒPhalguni1 (February-March) Mn. MBh. ; N. of Arjuna (= %
{phalguna}) MBh. Hariv. ; Terminalia Arjuna (= %{nadI-ja}) L. ; (%
{I}) f. see below ; n. a species of grass used as a substitute for
the Soma plant (and also called %{arjunAnI}) S3Br. TBr. A1s3vS3r.
[718,2] ; N. of a place of pilgrimage BhP.
On Oct 22, 2005, at 8:55 AM, Rory Goff wrote:
> The traditional translation of
> Phalguni as "red one" does not make a lot of sense to me. I am tempted
> to see "Phal-" as "fruit" and "-Guni" as "guna, action"
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