कृत्तिका

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः

कल्पद्रुमः

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

कृत्तिका, स्त्री, (कृन्तति उग्रत्वात् । कृत् + “कृति- भिदिलतिभ्यः कित्” । उणां ३ । १४७ । इति तिकन् किच्च ।) अश्विन्यादिसप्तविंशत्यन्तर्गततृ- तीयनक्षत्रम् । तत्पर्य्यायः । बहुला २ अग्निदेवा ३ । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥ तस्या रूपम् । अग्निशि- खाकृतिषट्तारकामयम् । इति कालिदासः । क्षुरनिभषट्तारामयम् । इति केचित् । तस्या अधिष्ठात्री देवता अग्निः । सा तु मिश्रगणान्त- र्गता । इति दीपिका ॥ तत्र जातस्य फलम् । “क्षुधाधिकः सत्यधनैर्व्विहीनो वृथाटनोत्पन्नमतिः कृतघ्नः । कठोरवाक् चाहितकर्म्मकृत् स्यात् चेत् कृत्तिकायां मनुजः प्रसूतः” ॥ इति कोष्ठीप्रदीपः ॥

वाचस्पत्यम्

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

कृत्तिका¦ स्त्री कृन्तति उग्रत्वात् कृत--तिकन् किच्च। अश्वि-न्यादिषु तृतीये नक्षत्रे तस्याः क्षुरतुल्याकारत्वं षट्तारात्मकत्वञ्च अश्लेषाशब्दे

४९

७ पृ॰ दर्शितम् अन्येतुशकटाकारत्वमाहुः। सा च

३६

० अंशात्मके राशिचक्रे

२६ ।

४० अंशकलोत्तरम्

१३ ।

२० अंशकलात्मिका मेषवृषोभयराशिघटिका। तथा च तस्या आद्यचरणः मेष-राशिघटकः अन्त्यचरणत्रयं वृषराशिघटकम्। अश्वि-न्यादयश्च सप्तविंशतिः दक्षसुता चन्द्रपत्न्यः। तत्र भरणीकृत्तिकाद्याः

२ ।

३ ।

६ ।

९ ।

१० ।

१२ ।

१६ ।

२१ ।

२६ संख्यकाःसपत्नींरोहिणीं प्रति चन्द्रस्यातिशयानुरागदर्शनेन चन्द्र-स्य भर्त्सनां कृतवत्यः। ततः चन्द्रेण ताः प्रति गमना-प्रशस्ततादिशापदानं कालिकापु॰

२० अध्याये उक्ततच्चे कालिकापुराणशब्दे

२०

१४ पृ॰ दृश्यम्। दक्षसुतानांच चेतनत्वात् कृत्तिकामिः षड्भिः कार्त्तिकेयस्य पोषणंकृतं कार्त्तिकेयशब्दे विवृतिः। तस्या अग्निरधिष्ठातृदेवः सा च मिश्रगणान्तर्गता
“मिश्रोऽग्निः सविशाखभः,शुभकराः सर्व्वे स्वकृत्ये गणाः” ज्यो॰ त॰! कृत्तिकान-क्षत्रयुक्ता पौर्ण्णमासी अण् ङीप्, कार्त्तिकी सास्मिन् मासेपुनरण्। कार्त्तिक कार्तिक्यायुक्ते चान्द्रे मासभेदे पु॰

शब्दसागरः

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

कृत्तिका¦ f. (-का)
1. The third of the lunar mansions, or constellations in the moon's path, consisting of six stars, and corresponding to the Pleiades.
2. (In mythology,) a nymph; one of six, the nurses of KARTIKE'YA. E. कृत् to cut, क्तिन् and कन् affixes; the figure of the asterism is a razor or knife.

Apte

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

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

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

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 Kārtikeya; अनुगच्छति देवेशं ब्रह्मण्यः कृत्तिकासुतः Mb.3.231.54.-भवः the moon.

Monier-Williams

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

कृत्तिका f. pl. (rarely sg. MBh. iii , 14464 BhP. vi , 14 , 30 ), N. of a constellation (the Pleiads , originally the first , but in later times the third lunar mansion , having अग्निas its regent ; this constellation , containing six stars , is sometimes represented as a flame or as a kind of razor or knife ; for their oldest names See. TS. iv , 4 , 5 , 1 ; in mythol. the six कृत्तिकाs are nymphs who became the nurses of the god of war , कार्त्तिकेय) AV. TS. S3Br. etc.

कृत्तिका f. white spots VarBr2S. lxv , 5 Sch.

कृत्तिका f. a vehicle , cart S3Br. xiii Sch.

Purana Encyclopedia

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Kṛttikā  : f. (pl.): Name of a constellation (the Pleiads); (personified as the mothers of Skanda, said to be the wlves of the six seers Aṅgiras and others 3. 214. 1-16; 3. 218. 30; 3. 207. 4; 3. 218. 27; 9. 43. 10-13; 9. 45. 86; 13. 84. 76; 13. 86. 5, 8, 10, 13; hence Skanda known as Kārttikeya (kṛttikābhyupapatteś ca kārttikeya iti smṛtaḥ) 1. 60. 23; 9. 43. 16; 13. 84. 77; 13. 86. 14, 32).


A. Formation of the constellation: When the constellation Abbhijit left her place in the sky and went to the forest to practise austerities there was confusion in the calculation of time; Kṛttikās then went up to the heaven to fill in the gap; there they shine as a constellation, having the form of a cart, with god Fire as their regent (evam ukte tu śakreṇa tridivaṁ kṛttikā gatāḥ/nakṣatraṁ śakaṭākāraṁ bhāti tad vahnidaivatam//) 3. 219. 11.


B. Number: Their number is six 3. 134. 12.


C. Rites performed under the Kṛttikās:

(1) Nārada told Devakī (13. 63. 2-4) that if one satisfied the Brāhmaṇas under the Kṛttikās by feeding them with rice boiled with milk and sprinkled with clarified butter (pāyasena sasarpiṣā) one obtained the highest worlds 13. 63. 5;

(2) Yama told Śaśabindu (13. 89. 1) that if one offered a kāmya śrāddha regularly under the Kṛttikās that was as good as performing a sacrifice after establishing the fires; such a person was blessed with progeny and was free from affliction (vigatajvaraḥ) 13. 89. 2;

(3) By bathing in Māhāgaṅgā at the conjunction of Mars with the Kṛttikās (mahāgaṅgām upaspṛśya kṛttikāṅgārake tathā) and by fasting for a fortnight one was purified and obtained heaven 13. 26. 20;

(4) Aṅgiras told Gautama that if one who was well composed went on the Urvaśīkṛttikāyoga (?) to the Lauhitya tīrtha and bathed there according to the rites one obtained the fruit of performing the Puṇḍarīka sacrifice (urvaśīkṛttikāyoge gatvā yaḥ susamāhitaḥ/lauhitye vidhivat snātvā puṇḍarīkaphalaṁ labhet//) 13. 26. 43 (Nī. reads urvaśīṁ kṛttikāyoge (Bom. Ed. 13. 25. 46) and explains: urvaśīṁ urvaśītīrthaṁ kṛttikāyoge kārtikyāṁ paurṇamāsyām);


D. Places named after the Kṛttikās:

(1) An āśrama (āśrame kṛttikānāṁ tu); if one, after bathing at this āśrama and delighting Mahādeva, satisfied the pitṛs he obtained heaven 13. 26. 23;

(2) A tīrtha named jointly after the Kṛttikās and the Maghā (kṛttikāmaghayoś caiva tīrtham); by visiting this tīrtha one obtained the fruits of Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra sacrifices 3. 82. 46.


E. The Kṛttikās and the sword: When Brahmā created the sword as a weapon the day was presided over by the Kṛttikās (kṛttikāś cāsya nakṣatram aseḥ) 12. 160. 80.


F. Relationship with omens: Among the bad omens reported by Vyāsa to Dhṛtarāṣṭra before the war, there was one according to which the fierce graha (i. e. Rāhu) blazed in the Kṛttikās, wiped out their appearance by its lustre and stood like a comet (kṛttikāsu grahas tīvro nakṣatre prathame jvalan/vapūṁṣy apaharan bhāsā dhūmaketur iva sthitaḥ//) 6. 3. 26 (Nī. who reads kṛttikāṁ pīḍayaṁs tīkṣṇaiḥ (Bom. Ed. 6. 3. 30) explains: tīkṣṇaiḥ krūraiḥ karmabhir upalakṣito rāhur ity arthaḥ).


G. Simile: The king of the Prāgjyotiṣa (Bhagadatta), riding on an elephant, was covered with a parasol decorated with garlands of flowers and hence looking like a moon on the full moon night in conjunction with the Kṛttikās (kṛttikāyogayuktena paurṇamāsyām ivendunā) 7. 19. 18. [See Āgneya ]


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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Kṛttikā  : f. (pl.): Name of a constellation (the Pleiads); (personified as the mothers of Skanda, said to be the wlves of the six seers Aṅgiras and others 3. 214. 1-16; 3. 218. 30; 3. 207. 4; 3. 218. 27; 9. 43. 10-13; 9. 45. 86; 13. 84. 76; 13. 86. 5, 8, 10, 13; hence Skanda known as Kārttikeya (kṛttikābhyupapatteś ca kārttikeya iti smṛtaḥ) 1. 60. 23; 9. 43. 16; 13. 84. 77; 13. 86. 14, 32).


A. Formation of the constellation: When the constellation Abbhijit left her place in the sky and went to the forest to practise austerities there was confusion in the calculation of time; Kṛttikās then went up to the heaven to fill in the gap; there they shine as a constellation, having the form of a cart, with god Fire as their regent (evam ukte tu śakreṇa tridivaṁ kṛttikā gatāḥ/nakṣatraṁ śakaṭākāraṁ bhāti tad vahnidaivatam//) 3. 219. 11.


B. Number: Their number is six 3. 134. 12.


C. Rites performed under the Kṛttikās:

(1) Nārada told Devakī (13. 63. 2-4) that if one satisfied the Brāhmaṇas under the Kṛttikās by feeding them with rice boiled with milk and sprinkled with clarified butter (pāyasena sasarpiṣā) one obtained the highest worlds 13. 63. 5;

(2) Yama told Śaśabindu (13. 89. 1) that if one offered a kāmya śrāddha regularly under the Kṛttikās that was as good as performing a sacrifice after establishing the fires; such a person was blessed with progeny and was free from affliction (vigatajvaraḥ) 13. 89. 2;

(3) By bathing in Māhāgaṅgā at the conjunction of Mars with the Kṛttikās (mahāgaṅgām upaspṛśya kṛttikāṅgārake tathā) and by fasting for a fortnight one was purified and obtained heaven 13. 26. 20;

(4) Aṅgiras told Gautama that if one who was well composed went on the Urvaśīkṛttikāyoga (?) to the Lauhitya tīrtha and bathed there according to the rites one obtained the fruit of performing the Puṇḍarīka sacrifice (urvaśīkṛttikāyoge gatvā yaḥ susamāhitaḥ/lauhitye vidhivat snātvā puṇḍarīkaphalaṁ labhet//) 13. 26. 43 (Nī. reads urvaśīṁ kṛttikāyoge (Bom. Ed. 13. 25. 46) and explains: urvaśīṁ urvaśītīrthaṁ kṛttikāyoge kārtikyāṁ paurṇamāsyām);


D. Places named after the Kṛttikās:

(1) An āśrama (āśrame kṛttikānāṁ tu); if one, after bathing at this āśrama and delighting Mahādeva, satisfied the pitṛs he obtained heaven 13. 26. 23;

(2) A tīrtha named jointly after the Kṛttikās and the Maghā (kṛttikāmaghayoś caiva tīrtham); by visiting this tīrtha one obtained the fruits of Agniṣṭoma and Atirātra sacrifices 3. 82. 46.


E. The Kṛttikās and the sword: When Brahmā created the sword as a weapon the day was presided over by the Kṛttikās (kṛttikāś cāsya nakṣatram aseḥ) 12. 160. 80.


F. Relationship with omens: Among the bad omens reported by Vyāsa to Dhṛtarāṣṭra before the war, there was one according to which the fierce graha (i. e. Rāhu) blazed in the Kṛttikās, wiped out their appearance by its lustre and stood like a comet (kṛttikāsu grahas tīvro nakṣatre prathame jvalan/vapūṁṣy apaharan bhāsā dhūmaketur iva sthitaḥ//) 6. 3. 26 (Nī. who reads kṛttikāṁ pīḍayaṁs tīkṣṇaiḥ (Bom. Ed. 6. 3. 30) explains: tīkṣṇaiḥ krūraiḥ karmabhir upalakṣito rāhur ity arthaḥ).


G. Simile: The king of the Prāgjyotiṣa (Bhagadatta), riding on an elephant, was covered with a parasol decorated with garlands of flowers and hence looking like a moon on the full moon night in conjunction with the Kṛttikās (kṛttikāyogayuktena paurṇamāsyām ivendunā) 7. 19. 18. [See Āgneya ]


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कृत्तिका स्त्री.
(बहु.) एक नक्षत्रमण्डल का नाम (पवित्र अगिन् के आधान के लिए वैकल्पिक रूप से निर्धारित), आश्व.श्रौ.सू. 2.1.1० (कृत्तिकासु रोहिण्याम्) कुहू कृत्तिका 207