The star cluster Sanskrit: कृत्तिका, pronounced in Sanskrit pronounced as /kr̩ttɪkaː/, popularly transliterated Krittika), sometimes known as Kārtikā, corresponds to the open star cluster called Pleiades in western astronomy; it is one of the clusters which makes up the constellation Taurus. In Indian astronomy and (Hindu astrology) the name literally translates to "the cutters".[1] [2] It is also the name of its goddess-personification, who is a daughter of Daksha[3] and Panchajani, and thus a half-sister to Khyati. Spouse of Kṛttikā is Chandra ("moon"). The six Krittikas who raised the Hindu God Kartikeya are Śiva, Sambhūti, Prīti, Sannati, Anasūya and Kṣamā.[4]
In Hindu astrology, is the third of the 27 s. It is ruled by Sun.Under the traditional Hindu principle of naming individuals according to their Ascendant/Lagna, the following Sanskrit syllables correspond with this, and would belong at the beginning of the first name of an individual born under it: A (अ), I (ई), U (उ) and E (ए).