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चित्रशिखण्डिन (citrazikhaNDina)

 
Yates
English
चित्र-शिखण्डिन (नः) 5.
m.
pl. Seven
sages represented by the seven
stars of the great bear.
Wilson
English
चित्रशिखण्डिन
m.
plu. (-ण्डिनः) The seven sages or Ṛṣis,
but especially as represented in the seven principal stars of the great bear
these sages are MARĪCI, ATRI, AṄGIRAS, PULAHA, PULASTYA, KRATU, and
VASIṢṬHA.
E.
चित्र surprising, शिखण्ड a crest, and इनि affix
sing. nom.
case, शिखण्डिन् (-ण्डी).