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कृत्तिकास् (kRttikAs)

 
Vedic Reference
English
Kṛttikās. See Nakṣatra.
1. Kṛttikās are unquestionably η Tauri, etc., the Pleiades.
The names of the seven stars forming this constellation, and
given above from Yajurveda texts, ^68 include three abhrayantī,
‘forming clouds’
meghayantī, ‘making cloudy’
varṣayantī,
‘causing rain’ which clearly refer to the rainy Pleiades. The
word kṛttikā possibly means ‘web, from the root kṛt, ‘spin.’
68) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, iv. 4, 5, 1
Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā, xl. 4
Taittīrīya
Brāhmaṇa, iii. 1, 4, 1.