Mūla ('root';
Devanagari
Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brā ...
मूल/मूळ, , , ) is the 19th ''
nakshatra
Nakshatra () is the term for Lunar mansion in Hindu astrology and Buddhist astrology. A nakshatra is one of 27 (sometimes also 28) sectors along the ecliptic. Their names are related to a prominent star or asterisms in or near the respective s ...
'' or 'lunar mansion' in
Jyotisha and corresponds to the stars:
λ Sco,
υ Sco,
ε Sco,
μ1 Sco,
θ Sco,
κ Sco,
ι1 Sco, and
ζ1 Sco. The symbol of Mula is a bunch of roots tied together (reticulated roots) or an 'elephant goad' (
ankusha
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) and the Deity associated with it is
Niriti, the god of dissolution and destruction. The Lord of Mula is
Ketu
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(south lunar as a node).
The Ascendant/Lagna in Mula indicates a person who has a passionate desire to get to the truth and is good at investigation and research. They are direct, ardent and truthful and are shrewd and ambitious, but they can feel trapped and bound by circumstances and so feel resentment and a sense of betrayal. They can also suffer extreme reversals of fortune that may involve pain and cruelty. This nakshatra indicates some "adverse events" in respect of parents, especially father. E.g. Sant Jnaneshwar.
The centre of this galaxy, the Milky Way, lies in this nakshatra, hence the name Mula.
Under the traditional Hindu principle of naming individuals according to their Ascendant/Lagna, the following Sanskrit syllables correspond with this Nakshatra, and would belong at the beginning of a first name: Ye, Yo, Bha or Bhi.
References
Nakshatra
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