Bima Sakti

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 nonstandard common the Milky Way Alternative forms id Bimasakti standard id Astronomy Malay ms: Alternative forms id Bimasakti esp. Indonesia Etymology Borrowing from ms jv ꦧꦶꦩꦱꦼꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ, ultimately put together from ms sa भीम Bhima a character from the Mahabharata, a popular epic in Javanese culture) and ms 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 the Milky Way. ms Bintang Temabur References A Grammar and Dictionary of the Malay Language 1852 John Crawford 29 London Smith, Elder, & Co. https://archive.org/details/aeg2034.0001.001.umich.edu/page/144/mode/2up?q=bima بيم bima A Malay-English dictionary Wilkinson Richard James Kelly & Walsh limited Hong Kong 1901 145 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-60272771/view?partId=nla.obj-435859766#page/n149/mode/1up/search/bima bima A Malay-English dictionary (romanised) Wilkinson Richard James Salavopoulos & Kinderlis Mytilene, Greece 1932 I 140 Further reading ms Astronomy