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kṛttikā

kṛ́ttikā f. pl. (rarely sg. [MBh. iii, 14464]; [BhP. vi, 14, 30]), N. of a constellation (the Pleiads, originally the first, but in later times the third lunar mansion, having Agni as its regent; this constellation, containing six stars, is sometimes represented as a flame or as a kind of razor or knife; for their oldest names See [TS. iv, 4, 5, 1]; in mythol. the six Kṛttikās are nymphs who became the nurses of the god of war, Kārttikeya), [AV.]; [TS.]; [ŚBr.] &c.

white spots, [VarBṛS. lxv, 5], Sch.

a vehicle, cart, [ŚBr. xiii], Sch.