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Definition[1]
q.v. Navagraha. The nine luminaries: Āditya, the sun; Sōma, the moon; the five planets, i.e. 火星 Angāraka, Mars; Budha, Mercury; Brhaspati, Jupiter; Sukra, Venus; and Śanaiścara, Saturn; also 羅睺 Rāhu, the spirit that causes eclipses; and 計都 Ketu, a comet. Each is associated with a region of the sky and also with a bodhisattva, etc., e.g. the sun with Guanyin, Venus with Amitābha, etc.
Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
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