कर्किन्
karkin

Sanskrit noun

Last edited: 2025-09-30
Primary meaning Cancer
Literal translation crab
Variants
कर्कि karki
कर्क karka
कर्कट karkaṭa
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Cancer zodiac sign

कर्की कुलीराकृतिरम्बसंस्थो वक्षःप्रदेशो विहितश् चतुर्थः।

karkī kulīrākṛtir ambasaṃstho vakṣaḥpradeśo vihitaś caturthaḥ|

‘The fourth [sign] (Cancer), whose form is that of a crab staying in water, is designated as the chest-area.’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.7ab

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)
कर्किन् (Lemma #6343). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6343/
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@misc{zodiac6343,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {कर्किन् ({Lemma} #6343)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6343/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6343/},
}