Graha
Also called: grahas
A Vedic 'planet', literally 'the one that seizes'. Jyotish counts nine: the Sun (Surya), Moon (Chandra), Mars (Mangala), Mercury (Budha), Jupiter (Guru), Venus (Shukra), Saturn (Shani), and the two lunar nodes Rahu and Ketu. (No Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto in classical Jyotish: the tradition was complete before they were found.)
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