Rohini (goddess)

Rohini
Rohini
A Nakshatra Goddess; The Personification of Aldebaran
	Chandra and Rohini
Affiliation	Devi
Abode	Chandraloka
Personal information
Parents	Daksha (father); Asikni (mother);
Consort	Chandra
Children	Varchas

Rohini (रोहिणी) is a goddess in Hinduism^[1] and the favorite consort of Chandra, the moon god. She is one of the 27 daughters of the prajapati Daksha and his wife Asikni. As "the red goddess" (also known as Rohini Devi), she is the personification of the orange-red star Aldebaran, the brightest star in the Taurus constellation.^[2]

^ Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar (1983). Goddesses in Ancient India. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-184-3. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
^ Shah, Saket (2019-10-19). Understanding The Nakshatras: Soul of Astrology is Nakshatras. Saket Shah. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2020-10-08.

[1] Agrawala, Prithvi Kumar (1983). Goddesses in Ancient India. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-81-7017-184-3. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2020-10-03.

[2] Shah, Saket (2019-10-19). Understanding The Nakshatras: Soul of Astrology is Nakshatras. Saket Shah. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2020-10-08.

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Rohini
A Nakshatra Goddess The Personification of Aldebaran
Chandra and Rohini
Affiliation	Devi
Abode	Chandraloka
Personal information
Parents	Daksha (father) Asikni (mother)
Consort	Chandra
Children	Varchas