Arundhati
अरुन्धतीअरुंधती
From Sanskrit अरुन्धती (arundhatī), "not held back": originally a twining plant, later the faint star known in the West as Alcor.
Meaning and origin
Arundhati began as a Sanskrit word for a climbing plant whose growth could not be checked, and the same sense of something unstoppable was carried over to a faint star that sits beside the much brighter Mizar.
How to pronounce Arundhati
| Hindi | uh-run-DHUH-tee /əɾʊnˈd̪ʱət̪iː/ |
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