मिथुन

mithuna
Sanskrit · noun
Last edited: 2025-09-30
Meanings
Literal translation
couple, pair
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. Gemini

1.a Gemini

Depicted in Indian astral iconography generally as a male-female couple

वीणागदाभृन् मिथुनस्तृतीयः प्रजापतेः स्कन्धभुजप्रदेशः।

vīṇāgadābhṛn mithunas tṛtīyaḥ prajāpateḥ skandhabhujapradeśaḥ|

‘Third [sign] is the Couple (Gemini), holding a vīṇā and a club, whose region is the shoulders and arms of Prajāpati.’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.6ab

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.

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
मिथुन (Lemma #6342). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6342/
Chicago (Author-Date)
मिथुन (Lemma #6342). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6342/
MLA (9th)
मिथुन (Lemma #6342). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6342/
Harvard
मिथुन (Lemma #6342) (2025) The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6342/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6342,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {मिथुन ({Lemma} #6342)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6342/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6342/},
}