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A typical navagraha shrine found inside a Hindu temple. The term planet was applied originally only to the five planets known (i.e., visible to the naked eye) and excluded the Earth. The term was later generalized, particularly during the Middle Ages, to include the sun and the moon (sometimes referred to as "lights"), making a total of seven ...
Budha is the planet that appears in various Hindu astronomical texts in Sanskrit, such as the 5th century CE Aryabhatiya by Aryabhatta, the 6th century CE Romaka by Latadeva and Panca Siddhantika by Varahamihira, the 7th century CE Khandakhadyaka by Brahmagupta, and the 8th century CE Sisyadhivrddida by Lalla.
Rāhu (Sanskrit: राहु, ) is one of the nine major celestial bodies in Hindu texts and the king of meteors. [1] It represents the ascension of the Moon in its precessional orbit around the Earth, also referred as the north lunar node, [ 2 ] and along with Ketu , is a "shadow planet" that causes eclipses.
The Navagraha would further develop and culminate in the Shaka era with the Saka, or Scythian, people. Additionally the contributions by the Saka people would be the basis of the Indian national calendar, which is also called the Saka calendar. The Hindu calendar is a lunisolar calendar which records both lunar and solar cycles. Like the ...
In traditional Hindu astronomy, the seven stars of the Big Dipper are identified with the names of Saptarshis The Saptarshi ( Sanskrit : सप्तर्षि , lit. 'Seven sages' IAST : Saptarṣi ) are the seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas , and other Hindu literature such as the Skanda Purana . [ 1 ]
Mangala (Sanskrit: मङ्गल, IAST: Maṅgala) is the personification, as well as the name for the planet Mars, in Hindu literature. [4] Also known as Lohita (lit. ' the red one '), [5] he is the deity of anger, aggression, as well as war. [4]
Hindu cosmology is the description of the universe and its states of matter, cycles within time, physical structure, and effects on living entities according to Hindu texts. Hindu cosmology is also intertwined with the idea of a creator who allows the world to exist and take shape.
In Hindu context, the sun-god only appears at a later period, as in the Virūpākṣa temple in Paṭṭadakal (8th century CE). [48] The iconography of Surya in Hinduism varies with its texts. He is typically shown as a resplendent standing person holding a lotus flower in both hands, riding a chariot pulled by one or more horses typically ...