Nakṣatra details

Uttara Ashadha

उत्तराषाढा — presiding deity Vishvedevas, symbol elephant tusk, ruled by Sun.

Attributes

Deity: Vishvedevas
Symbol: Elephant tusk
Ruling planet: Sun
Syllables: भे, भो, जा, जी

Pada starting sounds

Pada 1 भे 5 scripture names · 123 headwords Pada 2 भो 26 scripture names · 184 headwords Pada 3 जा 33 scripture names · 573 headwords Pada 4 जी 19 scripture names · 320 headwords

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The honest critique

Convention, counted

The Uttara Ashadha 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.