ग्रह
graha

Sanskrit noun
loaned from Sanskrit

Last edited: 2025-12-13
Primary meaning planet
Literal translation planet
Edited by
planet

सौराः सचूडापदलिप्तिकाख्या भाज्यास्तदान्येन भमण्डलेन । तस्येतरक्षेत्रवदुच्यतेंऽशो ग्रहस्य सर्वस्य तदात्मयोगी ॥४३॥

saurāḥ sacūḍāpadaliptikākhyā bhājyāstadānyena bhamaṇḍalena | tasyetarakṣetravaducyateṃ'śo grahasya sarvasya tadātmayogī ||43||

‘The sauras(solar divisions) called cūḍāpadas and liptikas are to be divided with the other circle of the zodiac signs. Consequentlt, the Aṁśa (portion) of the planet is declared similar to its placement in another sign and this portion becomes united with the very nature (ātma-yogī) of that planet.’

— Yavanajātaka v.1.43

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 50

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APA (7th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). ग्रह (Lemma #6389). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6389/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Malhotra, P. (2025). ग्रह (Lemma #6389). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6389/
MLA (9th)
Malhotra, P. (2025). ग्रह (Lemma #6389). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6389/
Harvard
Malhotra, P. (2025) ग्रह (Lemma #6389), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6389/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6389,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Malhotra, Poorvaa},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ग्रह ({Lemma} #6389)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6389/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6389/},
}