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Rohini (रोहिणी) is the goddess of stars in Hinduism [1] and the favorite consort of Chandra, the moon god. She is one of the 27 daughters of the prajapati Daksha and his wife Asikni . As "the red goddess" (also known as Rohini Devi ), she is the personification of the orange-red star Aldebaran , the brightest star in the Taurus ...
Rohini gives birth to Balarama. [5] Krishna, the eighth child of Devaki, was exchanged with the daughter of Nanda and Yashoda in secrecy. Yashoda (foster-mother of Krishna) and Rohini play an important nurturing Krishna and Balarama in their childhood. [5] After Vasudeva is freed by Krishna and Balarama, Rohini gives birth to a daughter ...
Each Nakshatra is also divided into quarters or padas of 3°20’, and the below table lists the appropriate starting sound to name the child. The 27 nakshatras, each with 4 padas, give 108, which is the number of beads in a Japa mala, indicating all the elements (ansh) of Vishnu:
Rohini is a queen of the Hindu god Krishna, who is an avatar of the god Vishnu and the king of Dvaraka in the Dvapara Yuga (epoch). She is mentioned as a queen in the Hindu epic Mahabharata , the Vishnu Purana , the Bhagavata Purana , and the Harivamsa , an appendix of the Mahabharata .
Nakshatra (Sanskrit: नक्षत्रम्, romanized: Nakṣatram) is the term for Lunar mansion in Hindu astrology and Buddhist astrology. A nakshatra is one of 27 (sometimes also 28) sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to a prominent star or asterisms in or near the respective sectors.
Nandanar is specially worshipped in the Tamil month of Purattasi, when the moon enters the Rohini nakshatra (lunar mansion). He is depicted with a shaved head, folded hands (see Anjali mudra) with a kamandalu and a danda (staff), like a seer. He receives collective worship as part of the 63 Nayanars.
Rohini (nakshatra), a lunar mansion in Indian astronomy corresponding to Aldebaran; Rohini (satellite), a series of Indian space satellites; Rohini sounding rocket series, Indian rockets developed for meteorological and atmospheric study purposes; Rohini River, in South Central Nepal, tributary to the West Rapti River
The Sanskrit term dhruva nakshatra (ध्रुव नक्षत्र, "polar star") has been used for Pole Star in the Mahabharata, personified as son of Uttānapāda and grandson of Manu, even though Polaris at the likely period of the recension of the text of the Mahabharata was still several degrees away from the celestial pole. [4] [5]