वृश्चिक

vṛścika
Sanskrit · noun
Last edited: 2025-09-30
Meanings
Literal translation
scorpion
Categories
zodiac sign
Related Lemmata 7 ›

1. Scorpio

1.a Scorpio zodiac sign

श्वभ्रेऽष्टमो वृश्चिकविग्रहस्तु प्रोक्तः प्रभोर्मेढ्रगुदप्रदेशः।

śvabhre’ṣṭamo vṛścikavigrahas tu proktaḥ prabhor meḍhragudapradeśaḥ|

‘The eighth [sign], whose shape is that of a scorpion in a hole, is said to be the region of the penis and anus of the Lord.’

— Vṛddhayavanajātaka 1.11ab

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.

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APA (7th)
वृश्चिक (Lemma #6347). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6347/
Chicago (Author-Date)
वृश्चिक (Lemma #6347). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6347/
MLA (9th)
वृश्चिक (Lemma #6347). (2025). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6347/
Harvard
वृश्चिक (Lemma #6347) (2025) The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6347/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6347,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	year = {2025},
	title = {वृश्चिक ({Lemma} #6347)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6347/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6347/},
}