Whereas the Indian Star System or Hindu Nakshatra system is a scientifically designed one, some doubt whether or not the 27 nakshatras bodily exist within the sky. They do exist. For the advantage of the western readers, the 27 nakshatras and western equivalents is given under.
The twenty seven nakshatras and the respective western equal are given under:
1) Ashwini -Alpha, Beta -Aries
2) Bharani – No 28,29,41 Taurus
3) Krittika – Pleiades
4) Rohini – Aldebaran Hyades, Alpha, Theta, Gama, Delta and Epsilon Taurus
5) Mrigashirsha – Lambda, Phi 1, Phi 2, Orion
6) Aardraa -Betelgeaux – Alpha Orion
7) Punarvasu – Castor, Pollux with Procyon Alpha, Beta, Gemini-Alpha Canis Minor respectively
8) Pushya – Gama, Delta and Theta of Most cancers
9) Ashlesha – Delta, Epsilon, Eta, Rho and Zeta Hydra
10) Maagha – Alpha, Ela, Gama, Zeta My and Epsilon Leonis
11) Poorva Phalkuni – Delta and Theta Leo
12) Utra Phalkuni – Beta and 93 Leo
13) Hasta – Delta, Gama, Eta, Virgo
14) Chitraa – Spica, Alpha Virgo
15) Swaati – Arcturus – Alpha Bootes
16) Vishaakha – Alpha, Beta and many others Libra
17) Anuraadha – Beta, Delta, Pi -Scorpia
18) Jyestha – Antares Alpha, Sigma Tau Scorpio
19) Mula – Scorpio, tail stars
20) Poorvaashadaa – Delta and Epsilon Sagittarius
21) Uttaraashaada – Zeta and Omicron Sagittarius
22) Shraavanaa – Altair – Alpha Aquila
23) Dhanishtha – Delphinus
24) Shatabhisak – Lambda Aquarius
25) Poorva Bhaadrapada – Alpha and Beta Pegasus
26) Uttara Bhaadrapada – Gama Pagasus and Alpha Andromeda
27) Revathi – Zeta Piscum
The above stars could be seen with the assistance of the star maps. The Vedic Rishis (seers) have very clearly indicated the scale and form of the celebrities. There have been numerous books accessible previously. The Nakshatra vidya or the Science of the Stars or descriptive Astronomy is misplaced because of the steady invasions on India. Nonetheless Vedic Students are capable of finding out the true science now and we might hope the total advantage of this science will likely be handed on to the longer term technology. In our subsequent article we are going to look into the wonders of the celebrities.
