Nakshatra
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Nakshatra
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Nakshatra is the 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 Chara Dhama, a set of four pilgrimage sites in India. The starting point for the nakshatras according to 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:
2024-09-15T05:17:32Z
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