[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.s20.95 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.95 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s20.95 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s20.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.95) 4. Ārdrā, ‘moist,’ is the name of the brilliant star, α Orionis. But the names by which it is styled, in the plural as Ārdrās in the Śāṅkhāyana Gṛhya Sūtra⁷¹ and the Nakṣatrakalpa,⁷² and in the dual as Bāhū, in the Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa,⁷³ point to a constellation of two or more stars, and it may be noted⁷⁴ that the corresponding Chinese Sieou includes the seven brilliant stars composing the shoulders, the belt, and the knees of Orion. - [Previous: v1.c3.s20.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.94) - [Next: v1.c3.s20.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.96) - [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.s20.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s20.95) · Pramāṇa