Kṛttikā

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Nakshatras

The star cluster Kṛttikā

Panchajani, and thus a half-sister to Khyati. Spouse of Kṛttikā is Chandra ("moon"). The six Krittikas who raised the Hindu God Kartikeya are Śiva, Sambhūti, Prīti, Sannati, Anasūya and Kṣamā.[4]

In Hindu astrology, Kṛttikā is the third of the 27

nakṣatra
s. It is ruled by Sun. Under the traditional Hindu principle of naming individuals according to their Ascendant/Lagna nakṣatra, the following Sanskrit syllables correspond with this nakṣatra, and would belong at the beginning of the first name of an individual born under it: A (अ), I (ई), U (उ) and E (ए).

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-914955-83-2
  2. ISBN 9788120820685
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  3. ^ Edward Moor. The Hindu Pantheon. 1864.
  4. ^ The Sacred Books of the Hindus, Vol 21, Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vidyaranya, p29, The Panini Office (Bhuvaneswari Asrama), 1918.
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