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 Alpha Aquilae in the occidental tradition.

“Ear.” The asterism of the star Altair in the constellation Aquila.

The name of a nakṣatra.

A lunar mansion in the west.

The twenty-second of the twenty-seven constellations, or nakṣatras, in Vedic astrology.

The twenty-second of the twenty-seven constellations, or nakṣatras, in Vedic astrology. Here it corresponds to the seventh month of the Tibetan calendar.

Another name for the lunar asterism Śravaṇā. The Sanskrit vaiṣṇava is the adjectival form of viṣṇu, the name of one of the main gods in the brahmanical pantheon.