A constellation in the west, personified as a semidivine being. Here called upon for protection.

The name of a lunar asterism. Its chief star is known as Delta Scorpii in the occidental tradition.

“Propitious.” The asterism of the three stars at the head of the constellation Scorpio.

The name of a nakṣatra.

A lunar mansion in the west.

The seventeenth of the twenty-seven constellations, or nakṣatras, in Vedic astrology. In Tibetan it is known as Lhatsam (lha mtshams). This constellation is symbolized by the lotus.