krittikas
कृत्तिका kṛttikāThe six star-maidens of the Pleiades who nursed the infant Murugan, giving him six faces and the name Kartikeya.
Where this term appears
- Who is Murugan? Deities
Kartikeya means "son of the Krittikas," the six star-maidens of the Pleiades who nursed him.
- Who is Parvati? Deities
…cast out, carried by fire and by the Ganga, and finally nursed by the Krittikas, the Pleiades, from whom the boy takes his name.