Uttara Phalguni — astrology wiki

Word origin · etymology

Sanskrit uttara, later or following, with Phalgunī.

Uttara marks the later member of the pair. Monier-Williams attests both Uttara Phalgunī and Uttara Phālgunī. Phalguna has a reddish color sense; the compound’s place in the pair is clearer than a claim that its name means marriage or duty.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: uttara, uttaraphalgunī, uttaraphālgunī (University of Hyderabad) ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: phalguna, phalgunī (University of Hyderabad) ↗

How we know · epistemology

Named textual convention with a historical variant

Aryaman is the declared deity convention here, while the cited Taittirīya presentation gives Bhaga. Partnership imagery supplies a reading vocabulary; it is not a test of commitment or a forecast of relationship duration.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: uttara, uttaraphalgunī, uttaraphālgunī (University of Hyderabad) ↗Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: phalguna, phalgunī (University of Hyderabad) ↗Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa, Yajurvedic verses 32–35 / Rigvedic verses 25–28, in Indian Astronomy: A Source-book §12.10.1 ↗Nakshatra Suktam: explicitly labeled Phalguni deity sequence (Vaidika Vignanam) ↗Taittirīya Nakshatra Sukta, verses 8–17 (Sanskrit Documents) ↗

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