[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.s16.371 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.371 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s16.371 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s16.371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.371) Jyeṣṭha-ghnī, ‘slaying the eldest,’ is the name of a Nakṣatra, or lunar mansion, usually called Jyeṣṭhā, in the Atharvaveda¹ and the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa.² It is Antares or Cor Scipionis. - [Previous: v1.c3.s16.370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.370) - [Next: v1.c3.s16.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.372) - [Up: v1.c3.s16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s16.371) · Pramāṇa