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04-14-2004, 10:58 AM
This may not be directly relevant to the thread, but I think the Nakshatra Suktam is a beautiful Vedic poem, which paints a vivid picture of the constellations adorning the night sky. It occurs in the Taittiriya Brahamana and the various devas are inter-woven with the nakshatras. I wonder if anything useful can be gleaned from it. Maybe some of the more knowledgeable members of this forum could attempt a translation...

Here are the various nakshatras mentioned in the suktam:

No. Name Presiding deity
1 krittikA agni
2 rohiNI prajApati
3 mRgazIrSa soma
4 ArdrA rudra
5 punarvasU aditi
6 tiSya bRhaspati
7 AzreSA sarpa
8 maghA pitR
9 phalgunI aryamA
10 phalgunI bhaga
11 hasta savitA
12 citrA indra
13 svAtI vAyu
14 vizAkhe indrAgni
15 anUrAdhA mitra
16 rohiNI indra
17 vicRtau pitR
18 ASADhA ApaH
19 ASADhA vizvedeva
20 zroNA viSNu
21 zraviSThA vasu
22 zatabhiSaj indra
23 proSThapada ajaekapAt
24 proSThapada ahirbudhniya
25 revatI pUSA
26 asvayujau asvins
27 apabharaNI yama
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