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रोहिणी (द्वितीया; = ज्येष्ठा) Rohiṇī (second; = Jyeṣṭhā)

Antares · α Scorpii · Scorpius

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In the living languages

Antares (6 names)

Attestations

Vedic corpus
अनूराधा नक्षत्रम् मित्रो देवता रोहिणी नक्षत्रम् इन्द्रो देवता विचृतौ नक्षत्रम् पितरो देवता
Anruradha the Naksatra, Mitra the deity; Rohini the Naksatra, Indra the deity; the two Viçrts the Naksatra; the fathers the deity. — A.B. Keith, The Veda of the Black Yajus School (1914)

TS 4.4.10 lists a SECOND Rohini with deity Indra, standing between Anuradha and Vicrtau (= Mula) - i.e. in the position of the later Jyestha. Antares, the other great red star of the zodiacal belt, evidently also bore the name 'the red one'; later lists rename it Jyeṣṭhā (so already TB 1.5.1 and AV 19.7.3).

Taittirīya Saṃhitā 4.4.10.2 · text · translation

See also

Jyeṣṭhā, Rohiṇī