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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