Citrā

Citrā

Citrā, and Citra with the short a, name more than one nakshatra, place and person in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

Things and ideas

• Citrā (Nakshatra): one of the twenty-seven nakshatras (lunar mansions), spanning the rāśis Kanyā and Tulā, named in the Bhāgavata Purāṇa among the days for pitṛ-śrāddha. Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 5, 14, 54; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 121, 126, 128, 130, 136, 195–196, 294, 320; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 7, Chapter 14

People

• Citra of Drāviḍa: Citra, a king of the Drāviḍa region who hated Bhagavān Vishṇu, became a wandering spirit after death, and was freed by the Māgha bath at Prayāga. Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapters 128–129

Named in passing

• Citrā the rock: the rock called Citrā that stands by Mārkaṇḍeya‘s āśrama on the northern side of Himavat, where the river Pushpabhadrā flows, told on Mārkaṇḍeya Māyā Vision. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 12, Chapter 8