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Kṛttikā
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Krittika.
Kṛttikā (Sanskrit: कृत्तिका, pronounced , popularly transliteratedKrittika), sometimes known as Kārtikā, is the third of the 27 nakṣatras (lunar mansions) in Indian astronomy. It corresponds to the open star cluster called the Pleiades in Western astronomy; it is in the constellation Taurus. The name Kṛttikā literally translates to "the cutters".