(pl.) [kṛt-tikan kicca; Uṇ. 3. 147] 1 The third of the 27 lunar mansions or asterisms, (consisting of 6 stars) the Pleiades.

2 The six stars represented as nymphs acting as nurses to Kārtikeya, the god of war. Comp. aṃjiḥ a kind of horse in an Aśvamedha sacrifice having a carriage as an emblem. tanayaḥ, putraḥ, sutaḥ epithets of Kārti- keya. bhavaḥ the moon.