Nakshatra
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Nakshatra
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Nakshatra is a term for Lunar mansion in Hindu astrology. A nakshatra is one of 27 sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to a prominent star or asterisms in or near the respective sectors. In essence, a nakshatra simply is a constellation. Every nakshatra is divided into four padas related to the Char Dham, a set of four pilgrimage sites in India. The starting point for the nakshatras according to the Vedas is "Krittika", but, in more recent compilations, the start of the nakshatra
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Lunar mansion in Hindu astronomy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakshatra
date created:
2005-01-18T19:22:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:57:07Z
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