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Vṛṣabha, or Vrishabha, is a month in the Indian solar calendar. [1] [2] It corresponds to the zodiacal sign of Taurus, and overlaps with about the second half of May and about the first half of June in the Gregorian calendar. [1] The first day of the month is called Vrishbha Sankranti, and it generally falls on May 14 or 15. [citation needed]
Vrishabhanu (Sanskrit: वृषभानु; IAST: Vṛṣbhānu), also spelled as Brushabhanu, is a Yadava chieftain featured in Hindu scriptures. [2] [3] [4] He is described as the father of the goddess Radha, who is the chief consort of god Krishna and also regarded as the incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi in Dvapara Yuga.
Indian zodiac: 26°40' Mesha - 10° Vrishabha; Western zodiac 20°26' Taurus - 3°46’ Gemini; 4 Rohini - रोहिणी "the red one", a name of Aldebaran. Also known as brāhmī: Aldebaran: Lord: Chandra ; Symbol: Cart or chariot, temple, banyan tree; Deity : Brahma or Prajapati, the Creator; Indian zodiac: 10° - 23°20' Vrishabha
Taurus (♉︎) (Ancient Greek: Ταῦρος, romanized: Taûros, Latin for "bull") is the second astrological sign in the modern zodiac.It spans from 30° to 60° of the zodiac.
The Sanskrit word nandi (Sanskrit: नन्दि) means happy, joy, and satisfaction, the properties of divine guardian of Shiva-Nandi. [2]The application of the name Nandi to the bull (Sanskrit: Vṛṣabha) is a development of recent syncretism of different regional beliefs within Shaivism. [3]
The Vedas mention the name Rishabha. [9] However, the context in the Rigveda, Atharvaveda and the Upanishads suggests that it means the bull, sometimes "any male animal" or "most excellent of any kind", or "a kind of medicinal plant".
In Hindu astronomy, there was an older tradition of 28 Nakshatras which were used as celestial markers in the heavens. When these were mapped into equal divisions of the ecliptic, a division of 27 portions was adopted since that resulted in a clearer definition of each portion (i.e. segment) subtending 13° 20′ (as opposed to 12° 51 + 3 ⁄ 7 ′ in the case of 28 segments).
Mṛgaśiraṣa (also spelled Mārgaśīrṣa; Devanagari: मृगशीर्ष) is the 5th nakṣatra [1] or lunar mansion as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology in the constellation Orion.