[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.s20.89 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.89 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.89 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.89) 1. Kṛttikās are unquestionably η Tauri, etc., the Pleiades. The names of the seven stars forming this constellation, and given above from Yajurveda texts,⁶⁸ include three—abhrayantī, ‘forming clouds’; meghayantī, ‘making cloudy’; varṣayantī, ‘causing rain’—which clearly refer to the rainy Pleiades. The word kṛttikā possibly means ‘web,’ from the root kṛt, ‘spin.’ - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.88) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.90) - [Up: v1.c3.s20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.89) · Pramāṇa