Vishākhā
Vishaka is a nakshatra in Indian astronomy spread in Tula or Libra (The 7th House of Natural Vedic Astrology). In Hindu mythology, Vishaka is a daughter of king Daksha. She was one of the twenty-seven daughters of Daksha who married the moon-God Chandra. Vishaka is the sixteenth nakshatra of the Hindu zodiac, ruled by the planet Jupiter Brihaspati or Guru, It is also the birth star of the Hindu deity Lord Murugan.[1]
See also
- Gopi, Vishaka is also one of the main gopis in Krishna lila, Krishna's muses in Goloka Vrndavana
References
- ↑ Burgess, Ebenezer (1860). Translation of the Sûrya-Siddhânta: E Text-book of Hindu Astronomy. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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