Astronomy:Vishakha
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Short description: 16th lunar mansion of Hindu astronomy
Vishākhā (विशाखा), meaning "forked, having many branches", is the 16th nakshatra in Indian astronomy. It corresponds to the stars α, β, γ and ι Librae in the constellation Libra.[1] In Hindu mythology, Vishākhā is a daughter of the king Daksha. She is one of the twenty-seven daughters of Daksha, who married the moon-god Chandra. Vishākhā is the sixteenth nakshatra of the zodiac, ruled by the planet Jupiter, Brihaspati or Guru. It is also supposed to be the birth star of the goddess Sita.[2]
See also
- Gopi, Vishaka is also one of the main gopis in Krishna lila, Krishna's muses in Goloka Vrndavana
References
- ↑ "Viśākhā (विशाखा)". IAU Working Group on Star Names. https://xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/index.php/Vishakha.
- ↑ Burgess, Ebenezer (1860). Translation of the Sûrya-Siddhânta: E Text-book of Astronomy. https://books.google.com/books?id=jpE7AAAAcAAJ&q=viçâkhâ. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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