kArtika a. ( kI f. ) [ kfttikA-aR ] Belonging to the month of Kārtika; R. 19. 39. — kaH 1 N. of the month in which the full moon is near the kfttikA or Pleiades (corresponding to October-November). 2 An epithet of Skanda. — kI The full moon day in the month of Kārtika.