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Abhijit - Abhijita 

 

Ganesha: Lord of Obstacles and Beginnings. Basohli miniature, circa 1730. National Museum, New Delhi.

The Twenty-eighth Nakshatra

(intercalary 22nd nakshatra)

"The Victorious"

 

Abhijit =

  • victorious 

  • born under the constellation Abhijit 

  • a Soma sacrifice (part of the great sacrifice Gavam-ayana)

  • a star (alpha Lyrae)

  • the 20th (or 22nd) Nakshatra

  • the eighth Muhurta of the day (about midday)   

~~ Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionary

  • Abhijita is an "inter-calary" nakshetra, used only to balanced the lunar calendar. 

  • Abhijita has no predictive value.

  • Intercalaries are used, like Gregorian leap year, only when necessary to balance the traditional calendar.  Abhijit is used only when necessary for calendrical purposes.

"Abhijit's symbol is a triangle, or three-cornered hut."

"It consists of three stars which, unlike the other lunar mansions, are a long way from the ecliptic:

  • the bright white star Vega (alpha Lyrae)

  • and two other stars in the Lyre: epsilon and zeta Lyrae".

~~ Valerie Roebuck, The Circle of Stars, p.101

Nakshatra

intercalary nakshatra = Abhijit

 

  

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