Ashlesha (Sanskrit: आश्लेषा or ''Āśleṣā'') (Tibetan: སྐར་མ་སྐག), also known as Ayilyam in Tamil and

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

(Tamil: ஆயில்யம், Malayalam: ആയില്യം, ''Āyilyaṃ''), is the 8th of the 27 nakshatras in

Hindu astrology Jyotisha or Jyotishya (from Sanskrit ', from ' “light, heavenly body" and ''ish'' - from Isvara or God) is the traditional Hindu system of astrology, also known as Hindu astrology, Indian astrology and more recently Vedic astrology. It is one ...

. Ashlesha is also known as the Clinging Star or

Nāga The Nagas (IAST: ''nāga''; Devanāgarī: नाग) are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. ...

. It is known as the Hydra. It extends from 16:40 to 30:00 Cancer . The planetary lord is Mercury or

Budha Budha ( sa, बुध) is a Sanskrit word that connotes the planet Mercury. Budha, in Hindu legends, is also a deity. He is also known as Soumya (Sanskrit: सौम्य, lit. ''son of Moon''), Rauhineya and Tunga and is the Nakshatra lo ...

. Its presiding deities are the

s. The nakshatra's symbol is a coiled serpent. It is a ''trikshna'' or sharp nakshatra. Its animal symbol is the male cat.

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