kfttikA ( pl. ) [ kft-tikan kicca ; Uṇ. 3. 147 ] 1 The third of the 27 lunar mansions or asterisms, (consisting of 6 stars) the Pleiades. 2 The six stars represented as nymphs acting as nurses to Kārtikeya, the god of war. Comp. — aMjiH a kind of horse in an Aśvamedha sacrifice having a carriage as an emblem. — tanayaH, -putraH, -sutaH epithets of Kārtikeya. — BavaH the moon.