Punarvasu
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Nakshatras |
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Ashvinī |
Bharanī |
Krittikā |
Rohinī |
Mrigashīrsha |
Ārdrā |
Punarvasu |
Pushya |
Āshleshā |
Maghā |
Pūrva Phalgunī |
Uttara Phalgunī |
Hasta |
Chitrā |
Svātī |
Vishākhā |
Anurādhā |
Jyeshtha |
Mūla |
Pūrva Ashādhā |
Uttara Ashādhā |
Shravana |
Shravishthā |
Shatabhishā |
Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
Uttara Bhādrapadā |
Revatī |
Abhijit |
Punarvasu is a Nakshatra in Hindu astronomy, which refers to the two brightest stars in the constellation of Gemini: Castor and Pollux. In Malayalam Punarvasu is termed Punartham.
Shri Rama was born at this Nakshatra.
Under the traditional Hindu principle of naming individuals according to their birthstar (see Jyotisha), the following Sanskrit syllables correspond with this Nakshatra, and would belong at the beginning of a first name:
There is also a general belief that men born under this nakshatra have only male children. There have been exceptions to this common belief.
Ke (pronounced as in "Kevin")
Ko (pronounced as in "cocoa")
Ha (pronounced as in "ha ha")
Hi (pronounced as in "Hinterlands")