Question

The Indian name of Scorpio constellation is:
A. Mangal.
B. Shani.
C. DhruvaMatsya
D. Vrishchika

Answer 1

Hint: There are 88 officially approved constellations in the Zodiac. Each constellation is denoted by a symbol and animal. These are the ancient beliefs found a number of centuries ago. The denotation of the constellation remains the same all over the world but the name may vary from place to place.

Complete step by step solution:
Given:
Scorpio evolved from the Greek word Scorpius which means a living creature Scorpio. The stars in the zodiac line up and form a scorpion image then slowly it is named as the Scorpio Constellation.
The Indian name of Scorpio Constellation is Vrishchika Nakshatra. The words evolved from Sanskrit where the term Vrishchika means Scorpio (a living creature) and the term Nakshtram meant that a star.

Therefore, the option is (d) is the correct that the Indian name of the Scorpio constellation is Vrishchika.

Note: There are a number of constellations in our terms and each was denoted with an animal, be sure that the Scorpio itself is the name of an animal and named after one of the Constellations.