Nakshatra

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title: Nakshatra
text: Nakshatra is the term for Lunar mansion in Hindu astrology and Buddhist 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, t
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