Bimasakti

Indonesian id: Etymology From id ms Bima Sakti, from id jv ꦧꦶꦩꦱꦼꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ, ultimately put together from id sa भीम. (a character from the Mahabharata, a popular epic in Javanese culture) and id sa शक्ति magical power. This was derived from a Javanese myth that imagines the Milky Way in the sky as Bhima (the white stars) fighting a great snake (the black stripes). Proper noun id standard the Milky Way Alternative forms id Bima Sakti nonstandard common astronomy Further reading