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Kartikeya

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“Pleiades, to cut”

Kartikeya from Sanskrit कृत्तिका (krittika), the name for the constellation of the Pleiades, ultimately from कृत् (krit) meaning "to cut, to divide". This is another name for the Hindu god Skanda.

Hinduism4 syllables · /kɑrˈtiː.keɪ.jə/

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