Nakṣatra details
Dhanishtha
धनिष्ठा — presiding deity Vasus, symbol drum, ruled by Mars.
Attributes
- Deity
- Vasus
- Symbol
- Drum
- Ruling planet
- Mars
- Syllables
- गा, गी, गू, गे
Pada starting sounds
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Convention, counted
The Dhanishtha syllables above are the customary avakahaḍā assignment — an astrological convention, not a Vedic injunction. We publish it because families use it, and we publish it with its real inventory: the counts on each pada are what our scripture lists and dictionaries actually contain under that syllable, computed the moment you loaded this page.
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