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Stellar Positions in the Universe
The painting depicts the course of the constellations or nakshatras in the celestial sphere. The area around the ecliptic within which the constellations are placed is visualised as a human body. The mount Meru or Sumeru, the centre of the universe, stands in the centre surmounted by a towering flag.
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The sun and the moon are on either side of the face of the stellar being, almost appearing like his earrings. Twenty eight constellations identifiable by their shapes are painted in a sequence as they appear in the sky. The inscriptions near the constellations identify them and give the number of starts in each. The computation of the stellar position of each constellation is done in relation of the full moon as specified by the inscription behind the right ear A longer inscription in the corner gives distances between the constellations.
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