कृत्तिका _kṛttikā

कृत्तिका (pl.) [कृत्-तिकन् किच्च; Uṇ.3.147]

1 The third of the 27 lunar mansions or asterisms, (consisting of 6 stars) the Pleiades; Bhāg.6.14.3.

-2 The six stars represented as nymphs acting as nurses to Kārtikeya, the god of war.

-Comp. -अञ्जिः a kind of horse in an Aśvamedha sacrifice having a carriage as an emblem.

-तनयः, -पुत्रः, -सुतः epithets of Kārti- keya; अनुगच्छति देवेशं ब्रह्मण्यः कृत्तिकासुतः Mb.3.231.54.

-भवः the moon.