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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|3rd lunar mansion of Hindu astrology}}<br /> {{Redirect|Krittika|other uses|Kritika (disambiguation)}}<br /> {{Contains special characters|Indic}}<br /> {{Nakshatras}}<br /> The star cluster &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;{{IAST|Kṛttikā}}&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Sanskrit]]: कृत्तिका, pronounced {{IPA-sa|kr̩ttɪkaː|}}, popularly [[Devanagari transliteration|transliterated]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Krittika&#039;&#039;&#039;), sometimes known as &#039;&#039;&#039;Kārtikā&#039;&#039;&#039;, corresponds to the [[open cluster|open star cluster]] called [[Pleiades]] in western [[astronomy]]; it is one of the clusters which makes up the constellation [[Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]]. In [[Indian astronomy]] and {{IAST|[[Jyotiṣa]]}} ([[Hindu astrology]]) the name literally translates to &quot;the cutters&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;Dennis M. Harness. &#039;&#039;The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology.&#039;&#039; Lotus Press (Twin Lakes WI, 1999.) {{ISBN|978-0-914955-83-2}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |last=Harness |first=Dennis M. |title=The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16KCUhgCQHMC&amp;pg=PA13|publisher=Motilal Banarasidas|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; It is also the name of its [[Hindu deities|goddess]]-personification, who is a daughter of [[Daksha]]&lt;ref&gt;Edward Moor. &#039;&#039;The Hindu Pantheon&#039;&#039;. 1864.&lt;/ref&gt; and [[Panchajani]], and thus a half-sister to [[Khyati]]. Spouse of Kṛttikā is [[Chandra]] (&quot;moon&quot;). The &#039;&#039;&#039;six Krittikas&#039;&#039;&#039; who raised the Hindu God [[Kartikeya]] are Śiva, Sambhūti, Prīti, Sannati, Anasūya and Kṣamā.&lt;ref&gt;The Sacred Books of the Hindus, Vol 21, Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vidyaranya, p29, The Panini Office (Bhuvaneswari Asrama), 1918.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In Hindu astrology, {{IAST|Kṛttikā}} is the third of the 27 {{IAST|[[nakṣatra]]}}s. It is ruled by Sun.<br /> Under the traditional Hindu principle of naming individuals according to their Ascendant/Lagna {{IAST|nakṣatra}}, the following [[Sanskrit]] syllables correspond with this {{IAST|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).<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[List of Nakshatras]]<br /> *[[Pleione (mythology)|Pleione]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> {{Jyotish Vidya}}<br /> {{Portal bar|Hinduism|India|Astronomy|Stars|Spaceflight|Outer space|Solar System}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Krttika}}<br /> [[Category:Taurus (constellation)]]<br /> [[Category:Nakshatra]]<br /> [[Category:Daughters of Daksha]]</div>

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