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धिष्ण्यम् Dhiṣṇya

asterism / star-station (generic) · — · —

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Attestations

Lexicons, Nirukta & Buddhist · c. 6th century CE
धिष्ण्यं स्थाने गृहे भेऽग्नौ भाग्यं कर्म शुभाशुभम् ॥ ३.३.६७१ ॥
Literal rendering: 'Dhiṣṇya [means] a place, a house, an asterism (bha), fire; bhāgya [means] deed, good or ill.' — Literal rendering by the compiler (Colebrooke's Nānārtha page is illegible in the available scan)

The Nānārtha-varga lists four senses: 'place', 'house', bha (= asterism), 'fire'. The semantic chain place > station > asterism is the Vedic dhiṣṇya (fire-hearth) applied to the lunar mansions, and is the lexicographical warrant for reading dhiṣṇya as a star-word in kāvya.

Amarakośa 3.3.671 (Nānārtha-varga) · text · translation

See also

Nakṣatra