वृष

vṛṣa
Sanskrit · noun
Last edited: 2025-09-30
Meanings
Literal translation
bull
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 6 ›

1. Taurus

1.a Taurus zodiac sign

वृषाकृतिस्तु प्रथितो द्वितीयः सवक्त्रकण्ठायतनं विधातुः।

vṛṣākṛtis tu prathito dvitīyaḥ savaktrakaṇṭhāyatanaṃ vidhātuḥ|

‘The second [sign] (Taurus), whose form is that of a bull, is said to be the area of the face and neck of the Creator.’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.5ab

Genre: astrological treatise Provenance: India Date: ca. 300–325 CE

Mak, Bill M. 2018. “The First Two Chapters of Mīnarāja’s Vṛddhayavanajātaka.” Zinbun 48: 1–31. 15

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APA (7th)
वृष (Lemma #6341). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6341/
Chicago (Author-Date)
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MLA (9th)
वृष (Lemma #6341). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6341/
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वृष (Lemma #6341) (2025) The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6341/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6341,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {वृष ({Lemma} #6341)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6341/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6341/},
}