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168 names from the classical texts, each with the ślokas that attest it, a translation and a citation.

Nakshatra Alias (53)

नक्षत्रेऽदितिदैवत्ये Aditidaivatya nakṣatra 1 attestations
अघा Aghā 1 attestations
अहिर्बुध्न्य Ahirbudhnya 1 attestations
ऐन्द्र नक्षत्र Aindra nakṣatra 1 attestations
अनल Anala 1 attestations
अर्जुन्यौ Arjunyau (Arjunī) 1 attestations
अश्वत्थ Aśvattha 2 attestations
अश्वयुक् Aśvayuj 2 attestations
अश्विनिदैवत Aśvinidaivata 1 attestations
बहुला Bahulā 1 attestations
भाग्य Bhāgya 2 attestations
ब्रह्मनक्षत्रम् Brahma-nakṣatra 1 attestations
ब्राह्मण Brāhmaṇa 1 attestations
बाहू (रुद्रस्य) Bāhū (Rudrasya) 1 attestations
देवमातृ Devamātṛ 1 attestations
एकपाद / अजा Ekapāda / Ajā 1 attestations
गोविन्द Govinda 1 attestations
इल्वलाः Ilvalāḥ 2 attestations
इन्वकाः (इन्वगाः) Invakāḥ (Invagāḥ) 2 attestations
ज्येष्ठघ्नी Jyeṣṭhaghnī 1 attestations
जीव Jīva 1 attestations
कार्त्तिक Kārttika (Middle-Indic Kattika) 1 attestations
मैन्द्र Maindra 1 attestations
मैत्र Maitra 2 attestations
मूलबर्हण Mūlabarhaṇa (fem. Mūlabarhaṇī) 1 attestations
नैर्ऋत Nairṛta (nairṛtaṃ nakṣatram) 1 attestations
निष्ट्यम् / निस्त्या Niṣṭya / Nistyā 1 attestations
पैतामह Paitāmaha 1 attestations
पौष्ण Pauṣṇa 1 attestations
पवन / अनिल / वायव्य Pavana / Anila / Vāyavya 1 attestations
प्रचेतस् Pracetas 1 attestations
प्रोष्ठपदा Proṣṭhapadā 4 attestations
प्राजेश Prājeśa 1 attestations
प्राजापत्य Prājāpatya (prājāpatyaṃ nakṣatram) 1 attestations
रौद्रर्क्ष Raudrarkṣa 1 attestations
रोहिणी (द्वितीया; = ज्येष्ठा) Rohiṇī (second; = Jyeṣṭhā) 1 attestations
राधा Rādhā 1 attestations
सौम्य Saumya 1 attestations
सिध्यः Sidhya 2 attestations
स्वायम्भुव Svāyambhuva 1 attestations
सार्प Sārpa 3 attestations
तिष्यः Tiṣya 7 attestations
त्वाष्ट्र Tvāṣṭra 1 attestations
वैष्णव Vaiṣṇava 1 attestations
वित्त Vitta 1 attestations
विष्णुभ Viṣṇubha 1 attestations
वारुण Vāruṇa 1 attestations
वासव Vāsava 1 attestations
याम्य Yāmya 1 attestations
आदित्य Āditya 1 attestations
आग्नेय Āgneya 1 attestations
आग्रहायणी Āgrahāyaṇī 2 attestations
श्रविष्ठा Śraviṣṭhā 3 attestations

Nakshatra (28)

अभिजित् Abhijit 9 attestations
अनुराधा Anurādhā 6 attestations
अश्विनी Aśvinī 5 attestations
भरणी Bharaṇī 6 attestations
चित्रा Citrā 8 attestations
हस्त Hasta 6 attestations
ज्येष्ठा Jyeṣṭhā 5 attestations
कृत्तिका Kṛttikā 10 attestations
मघा Maghā 6 attestations
मूल Mūla 7 attestations
मृगशीर्ष Mṛgaśīrṣa 6 attestations
पुनर्वसु Punarvasu 8 attestations
पुष्य Puṣya 10 attestations
पूर्वभाद्रपदा Pūrva-Bhādrapadā 5 attestations
पूर्वफल्गुनी Pūrva-Phalgunī 6 attestations
पूर्वाषाढा Pūrvāṣāḍhā 6 attestations
रेवती Revatī 7 attestations
रोहिणी Rohiṇī 13 attestations
स्वाती Svātī 10 attestations
उत्तरभाद्रपदा Uttara-Bhādrapadā 5 attestations
उत्तरफल्गुनी Uttara-Phalgunī 6 attestations
उत्तराषाढा Uttarāṣāḍhā 5 attestations
विशाखा Viśākhā 8 attestations
आर्द्रा Ārdrā 7 attestations
आश्लेषा Āśleṣā 5 attestations
शतभिषज् Śatabhiṣaj 7 attestations
श्रवण Śravaṇa 7 attestations
श्रविष्ठा Śraviṣṭhā (Dhaniṣṭhā) 6 attestations

Individual Star (18)

अगस्त्य Agastya 13 attestations
अग्नि (हुतभुज्) Agni (Hutabhuj) 2 attestations
अपांवत्स Apāṃvatsa 2 attestations
औत्तानपादिः Auttānapādi 1 attestations
ब्रह्महृदय Brahmahṛdaya 3 attestations
ध्रुवः Dhruva 7 attestations
कुम्भसम्भवः Kumbhasambhava 1 attestations
कुम्भयोनि Kumbhayoni 1 attestations
लोपामुद्रावल्लभ Lopāmudrāvallabha 1 attestations
लुब्धक Lubdhaka 5 attestations
मैत्रावरुणिः Maitrāvaruṇi 1 attestations
मुनि Muni 2 attestations
मृगहर्तृ Mṛgahartṛ 1 attestations
मृगव्याध Mṛgavyādha 4 attestations
प्रजापति Prajāpati 2 attestations
यम Yama 1 attestations
आपस् (आपः) Āpas 2 attestations
शूल (?) Śūla 1 attestations

Star Road (13)

ऐरावत / जरद्गव / वैश्वानर (मार्गाः) Airāvata / Jaradgava / Vaiśvānara (the three mārgas) 2 attestations
ऐरावती Airāvatī 2 attestations
अजवीथी Ajavīthī 2 attestations
गजवीथी Gajavīthī 2 attestations
गोवीथी Govīthī 2 attestations
जरद्गव / जारद्गवी Jaradgava / Jāradgavī 2 attestations
मृगवीथी Mṛgavīthī 2 attestations
नागवीथी Nāgavīthī 2 attestations
पितृयाण / देवयान Pitṛyāṇa / Devayāna 1 attestations
सुरवीथी Suravīthī 1 attestations
वैश्वानरी Vaiśvānarī 3 attestations
आद्य, रोहित, दारुण, विरोचन, ऊर्ध्वदण्ड, तीक्ष्ण Ādya, Rohita, Dāruṇa, Virocana, Ūrdhvadaṇḍa, Tīkṣṇa (the six maṇḍalas) 1 attestations
आर्षभी Ārṣabhī 2 attestations

Collective (10)

अश्विन्यादीनां साभिजितां योगताराः Aśvinyādi yogatārāḥ (sābhijit) 5 attestations
अष्टाविंशतिनक्षत्राणि Aṣṭāviṃśati-nakṣatrāṇi 2 attestations
ब्रह्मराशिः Brahmarāśi 2 attestations
चतुर्द्वारिकाणि नक्षत्राणि Catur-dvārikāṇi nakṣatrāṇi 2 attestations
चित्रशिखण्डिनः Citraśikhaṇḍinaḥ 2 attestations
दक्षिणमार्गस्थाः सप्तर्षयः Dakṣiṇamārgasthāḥ saptarṣayaḥ 1 attestations
दाक्षायिण्यः Dākṣāyaṇyaḥ 1 attestations
नक्षत्रमाला Nakṣatramālā (also nakṣatravaṃśa) 1 attestations
रोहिणीशकटम् / प्राजापत्यं शकटम् Rohiṇī-śakaṭa / Prājāpatya śakaṭa 1 attestations
ताराग्रहाः Tārāgrahāḥ 2 attestations

Saptarshi (9)

अरुन्धती Arundhatī 8 attestations
अत्रि Atri 2 attestations
अङ्गिरस् Aṅgiras 2 attestations
क्रतु Kratu 2 attestations
मरीचि Marīci 2 attestations
पुलह Pulaha 2 attestations
पुलस्त्य Pulastya 2 attestations
सप्तर्षयः / ऋक्षाः Saptarṣayaḥ / Ṛkṣāḥ 11 attestations
वसिष्ठ Vasiṣṭha 3 attestations

Shishumara Position (9)

धाता, विधाता Dhātā, Vidhātā 1 attestations
इन्द्र / महेन्द्र Indra / Mahendra 1 attestations
कश्यप Kaśyapa 1 attestations
मरीचि (पुच्छे) Marīci (in the tail) 1 attestations
प्रजापति (पुच्छे) Prajāpati (in the tail) 1 attestations
सुनीति Sunīti 1 attestations
उत्तानपाद Uttānapāda 1 attestations
यज्ञ, धर्म, वरुण, अर्यमा, संवत्सर, मित्र Yajña, Dharma, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Saṃvatsara, Mitra 1 attestations
यम (अधराहनौ) Yama (on the lower jaw) 1 attestations

Milky Way (9)

Star Word (7)

भम् Bha 1 attestations
धिष्ण्यम् Dhiṣṇya 1 attestations
नक्षत्रम् Nakṣatra 2 attestations
स्तृभिः Stṛbhiḥ (stem stṛ) 1 attestations
तारका Tārakā 2 attestations
तारा Tārā 1 attestations
उडु Uḍu 1 attestations

Vedic Asterism (5)

अम्बा, दुला, नितत्नी, अभ्रयन्ती, मेघयन्ती, वर्षयन्ती, चुपुणीका Ambā, Dulā, Nitatnī, Abhrayantī, Meghayantī, Varṣayantī, Cupuṇīkā 1 attestations
इषुस्त्रिकाण्डा Iṣus trikāṇḍā 2 attestations
मृगः (प्रजापतिः) Mṛga (Prajāpati) 1 attestations
विचृतौ Vicṛtau 3 attestations
ऋक्षाः Ṛkṣāḥ 3 attestations

Sky Region (4)

मेढी / मेढीभूत Meḍhī / Meḍhībhūta 1 attestations
प्रवह Pravaha 1 attestations
तारापथः Tārāpatha 1 attestations
विष्णुपद Viṣṇupada 2 attestations

Sky Figure (3)