Nakṣatra details

Shatabhisha

शतभिषा — presiding deity Varuna, symbol empty circle, ruled by Rahu.

Attributes

Deity: Varuna
Symbol: Empty circle
Ruling planet: Rahu
Syllables: गो, सा, सी, सू

Pada starting sounds

Pada 1 गो 132 scripture names · 870 headwords Pada 2 सा 100 scripture names · 2370 headwords Pada 3 सी 8 scripture names · 196 headwords Pada 4 सू 49 scripture names · 866 headwords

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The honest critique

Convention, counted

The Shatabhisha 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.

A syllable with three attested names is a narrow gate; you deserve to know that before you commit to it — not after a “curated list” quietly pads it out.

Every candidate behind those counts resolves through the same engine as the rest of the site: scripture citation first, then dictionary attestation, then verified derivation — with an honest “not found” where we cannot prove a meaning.