Bima Sakti
Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦧꦶꦩꦱꦼꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (bimasekti), ultimately put together from Sanskrit भीम (bhīma) (a character from the Mahabharata, a popular epic in Javanese culture) and Sanskrit शक्ति (śakti, “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
Bima Sakti
- (nonstandard, common) the Milky Way.
Alternate forms
- Bimasakti (standard)