Template:Redirect Template:Contains special characters Template:Nakshatras The star cluster Template:IAST Sanskrit: कृत्तिका, pronounced Template:IPA-sa, popularly transliterated Krittika), sometimes known as Kārtikā, corresponds to the open star cluster called Pleiades in western astronomy; it is one of the clusters which makes up the constellation Taurus. In Indian astronomy and Template:IAST (Hindu astrology) the name literally translates to "the cutters".[1][2] It is also the name of its goddess-personification, who is a daughter of Daksha[3] and 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, Template:IAST is the third of the 27 Template:IASTs. It is ruled by Sun. Under the traditional Hindu principle of naming individuals according to their Ascendant/Lagna Template:IAST, the following Sanskrit syllables correspond with this Template:IAST, 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).
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References
- ↑ Dennis M. Harness. The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology. Lotus Press (Twin Lakes WI, 1999.) Template:ISBN
- ↑ The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology{{#if:Harness|, Harness}. Motilal Banarasidas(2004)
- ↑ Edward Moor. The Hindu Pantheon. 1864.
- ↑ The Sacred Books of the Hindus, Vol 21, Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vidyaranya, p29, The Panini Office (Bhuvaneswari Asrama), 1918.