आस्फुजित्
āsphujit

Sanskrit noun
loaned from Sanskrit

Last edited: 2025-11-22
Primary meaning Venus
Literal translation Venus
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Planet Venus planet

बुधास्फुजिद्भूमिजजीवसौराः संज्ञाभिरेण्ड क्रमशो निकर्षीत् । द्विर्द्विर्गृहेशाः प्रथितास्ततोऽमी ताराधिनाथस्य दिवाकरस्य ॥३३॥

budhāsphujidbhūmijajīvasaurāḥ saṃjñābhireṇḍa kramaśo nikarṣīt | dvirdvirgṛheśāḥ prathitāstato'mī tārādhināthasya divākarasya ||33||

‘Budha (Mercury), Śukra (Venus), Bhauma (Mars), Jīva (Jupiter), and Saura (Saturn) — these planets, named in this order, are each known as the lords of two zodiacal signs. They are planetary rulers of the Moon and sun’

— Yavanajātaka v. 1.33

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: India
Date: 4th-6th century CE

Pingree, David. The Yavanajātaka of Sphujidhvaja. Harvard Oriental Series, vol. 48. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 49


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). आस्फुजित् (Lemma #6374). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6374/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Malhotra, P. (2025). आस्फुजित् (Lemma #6374). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6374/

MLA (9th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). आस्फुजित् (Lemma #6374). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6374/

Harvard
Malhotra, P. (2025) आस्फुजित् (Lemma #6374), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6374/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac6374,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2025},
	title = {आस्फुजित् ({Lemma} #6374)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6374/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6374/},
}