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an old name of the Pleiades; personified as the nurses of Kārttikeya, a son of Shiva. Pleiades: Lord: Surya (Sun) Symbol: Knife or spear; Deity : Agni, god of fire; Indian zodiac: 26°40' Mesha - 10° Vrishabha; Western zodiac 20°26' Taurus - 3°46’ Gemini; 4 Rohini - रोहिणी "the red one", a name of Aldebaran. Also known as ...
Pisces (♓︎; / ˈ p aɪ s iː z /; [2] [3] Ancient Greek: Ἰχθύες Ikhthyes, Latin for "fishes") is the twelfth and final astrological sign in the zodiac.It is a mutable sign.
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. In essence (in Western astronomical terms), a nakshatra simply is a constellation. Every nakshatra is divided into four padas (lit. "steps").
Rashi was an only child born at Troyes, Champagne, in northern France.His mother's brother was Simeon bar Isaac, rabbi of Mainz. [12] [13] Simon was a disciple of Gershom ben Judah, [14] who died that same year.
Krishna Rau and V. B. Choudhari published English translations of these texts in 1963 and 1961, respectively. Modern Hindu astrology ...
Mīnākṣī is a Sanskrit term meaning 'fish-eyed', [10] derived from the words mīna 'fish' and akṣī 'eye'. [11] She was also known by the Tamil name Taḍādakai 'fish-eyed one', mentioned in early historical account as a fierce, unmarried goddess as Meenakshi. [12]
In Vedic Astrology Jyotiṣa, the Lagna (lagñ) or Hour Marker, is the first moment of contact between the soul and its new life on earth in Jyotiṣa. [1] Lagna's Rashi and Nakshatra represents the "Atman" (Soul) of an Individual Person while the Lagna Lord which represents the Ruler of the Horoscope absorbs the traits and qualities of that specific Rashi & Nakshatra.
A crocodile-like Makara as Varuna's animal vehicle. Makara is a Sanskrit word which means "sea-animal, crocodile". [3]Josef Friedrich Kohl of Würzburg University and several German scientists argued that makara is based on the dugong instead, based on his reading of Jain text of Sūryaprajñapti.