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nakṣatra

nákṣatra n. (m. only, [RV. vi, 67, 6]; prob. fr. √ nakṣ cf. nakṣ dyām, [i, 33, 14] &c.) a star or any heavenly body

also applied to the sun

nákṣatra n. sg. sometimes collectively ‘the stars’ e.g. [vii, 86, 1]; [RV.] &c. &c.

an asterism or constellation through which the moon passes, a lunar mansion, [AV.] &c. &c. (27, later 28, viz. Śraviṣṭhā or Dhaniṣṭhā, Śata-bhiṣaj, Pūrva-bhadrapadā, Uttara-bh°, Revatī, Aśvinī, Bharaṇī, Kṛttikā, Rohiṇī or Brāhmī, Mṛga-śiras or Āgrahāyaṇī, Ārdrā, Punarvasū or Yāmakau, Puṣya or Sidhya, Āśleṣā, Maghā, Pūrva-phalgunī, Uttara-ph°, Hasta, Citrā, Svātī, Viśākhā or Rādhā, Anurādhā, Jyeṣṭha, Mūla, Pūrvāṣāḍhā, Uttarāṣ°, Abhijit, Śravaṇa; according to [VarBṛS.] Revatī, Uttara-phalgunī, Uttara-bhādrapadā and Uttarāṣāḍhā are called dhruvāṇi, fixed; in the Vedas the Nakṣatras are considered as abodes of the gods or of pious persons after death, [Sāy.] on [RV. i, 50, 2]; later as wives of the moon and daughters of Dakṣa, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.; according to Jainas the sun, moon, Grahas, Nakṣatras and Tārās form the Jyotiṣkas)

a pearl, [L.]