Budha

Budha
Member of Navagraha
Depiction of Budha from the 1842 book The Complete Hindu Pantheon by E. A. Rodrigues
AffiliationGraha, Deva
AbodeBudhaloka
PlanetMercury
DayWednesday
Number5
Mounta lion and a chariot hauled by eight yellow horses
Genealogy
Parents
ConsortIla[2] Chitra
ChildrenPururavas from Ila Chaitra from Chitra

Budha (Sanskrit: बुध) is the Sanskrit word for the planet Mercury,[2][3] personified as a god.[4]

He is also known as Somaya, Rohinaya,[4] and rules over the nakshatras (lunar mansions) of Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, and Revati.[5]

  1. ^ "Lord Budha, Planet Mercury, Hindu God Budha – AstroVedPedia".
  2. ^ a b Dalal, Roshen (2010). Hinduism: An alphabetical guide. Penguin Books India. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-14-341421-6.
  3. ^ "Best Life Story of Gautam Budhha in Hindi". motivatorindia.in. September 2019.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Mahoney2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Krishnamurti, Kuthur Subbaraya Iyer (1971). Transit (Gocharapala Nirnayam). p. 49.

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