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ज्येष्ठघ्नी (jyeSThaghnI)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
ज्येष्ठघ्नी jyeSThaghnI
f.
16th lunar mansion
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ज्येष्ठ—घ्नी॑
f.
=
°ष्ठा॑, the 16th lunar mansion,
AV.
vi, 110, 2
TBr.
i, 5, 2, 8.
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
ज्येष्ठघ्नी
पदविभागः - > स्त्रीलिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ವಿಶಾಖಾ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ
निष्पत्तिः - > हन (हिंसागत्योः) - "टक्" (३-२-५२) "ङीप्" (४-१-१५)
व्युत्पत्तिः - > ज्येष्ठं हन्ति
Vedic Reference
English
Jyeṣṭha-ghnī, ‘slaying the eldest, is the name of a Nakṣatra,
or lunar mansion, usually called Jyeṣṭhā, in the Atharvaveda^1
and the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa.^2 It is Antares or Cor Scipionis.
1) vi. 110, 2. Cf. vi. 112, 1.
2) i. 5, 2, 8. Cf. Whitney, Translation of the Atharvaveda, 361.