Lexicons, Nirukta & Buddhist · c. 6th century CE
नक्षत्रमृक्षं भं तारा तारकाप्युडु वा स्त्रियाम् ॥ १.३.२१७ ॥
'A star.' — H.T. Colebrooke (1808)
Sixth member of the synonym set; Amarakośa notes it is optionally feminine (vā striyām). The base of uḍu-pati and uḍu-rāja, 'lord of the asterisms' = the moon. Distinct from uḍupa 'raft', which the same lexicon records separately.
Amarakośa 1.3.217 (Dig-varga) · text · translation