The twenty-seven or twenty-eight sectors along the ecliptic that exert influence on the world according to Indic astrological lore.

The twenty-seven or twenty-eight sectors along the ecliptic that exert influence on the world according to Indic astrological lore.

The twenty-seven or twenty-eight sectors along the ecliptic that exert influence on individuals and the world according to Indic astrological lore.

The twenty-seven or twenty-eight sectors along the ecliptic that exert influence on the world according to Indic astrological lore.

The twenty-seven or twenty-eight sectors along the ecliptic that exert influence on the world according to Indic astrological lore.

The twenty-seven or twenty-eight sectors along the ecliptic that exert influence on the world according to Indic astrological lore.

The twenty-seven or twenty-eight sectors along the ecliptic that exert influence on the world according to Indic astrological lore.

An asterism or constellation; also a class of deities.

A lunar mansion, often personified as a semidivine being.

A lunar asterism, often personified as a semidivine being.

The term for the lunar asterisms through which the moon passes as it moves across the sky and the celestial beings associated with them. The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of Grahas” notes that there are twenty-eight.

The term for the lunar asterisms through which the moon passes as it moves across the sky and the celestial beings associated with them. The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of Grahas” notes that there are twenty-eight.

A lunar asterism, often personified as a semidivine being.

See “nakṣatra.”

A constellation of stars through which the moon passes, also known as a lunar mansion.