Mangal is unsteady in mind. He is capable of wounding. He has blood-reddish eyes. He is bilious and depicted with fire and arms. His voice is rough. His belly is depressed. He is modest.
Notes: Mangal is young. He has curly and shining hair. He is liberal. He rules marrow of the bones. (P- D- Ch. II). According to Saravali, Mangal is short in stature, has green eyes, ever ready for quarrels.
Budh’s eyes are dark. He is well-versed in politics (or in policy-making), is of medium height, sometimes firm and sometimes unsteady, jolly natured, in touch with all kinds of news, witty, scholarly and has the composition mixed with the three humours (i. e. bile, phlegm and wind). Notes: See Phala Deepika, Ch. II: Sloka 11. Budh rules skin and is full of veins, arteries and nerves. He has an even body. According to Dasadhyayi, he is sweet spoken, but stammering in speech.
Guru has stout and tall body; his eyes are neither big nor small, he is intelligent, well-versed in politics, or policy making has prominent bilious composition, is a very eloquent speaker, wears yellow apparels and jewels and is of noble disposition.
Notes: Guru’s voice resembles that of a lion. He has broad green eyes. He is mentally steady. He has a fleshy body, (Saravali, Ch. 4). According to Dasadhyayi, he is of virtuous disposition. The body of Śukr is very bright. He is fortunate, windy and bilious in composition, broad-minded, stout bodied, has a tendency to submit to women, has crooked eyes and is of deceiving nature.
Notes: Śukr has a lustrous body. He is intelligent, broad minded, broad eyed, passionate etc. (Saravali). According to Phala Deepika, Ch. 11, Sloka 13, Śukr has stout body, broad eyes, wind and phlegm in costitution. He has achieved seminal growth.
Śani has hard nails, teeth and hair. He is deceptive. He has long hands and feet. His constitution is bilious. He has prominent veins, is indolent and peaceless.
Notes: Śani is lame, has deeply depressed eyes and is lazy. He rules muscles. He has an emaciated body. (Phala Deepika).
For description of Grahas, also refer to Jataka Parijata Ch. II.
Mangal resembles a boy in appearance, while Budh looks young. The age of Guru is 30, that of Śukr is 16, that of Sūrya is 50 and that of Candr is 70. Rahu is 100.
Notes: Similar view is found in Sloka 14, Ch. II of Jataka Parijata and in which it is additionally stated, that Ketu is also 100. According to Phala Deepika, Mangal is 16, while Budh is 20.
The general rule is, that a person acquires the nature and appearance of the strongest Grah at the moment of birth.
Notes: The strongest Grah is the one, that has the highest rupas in Shad Bal. It should be equally good in the 16 Varg Scheme.
Aditya, Arka, Ravi, Bhanu, Bhaskara. Divakara, Marthanda, Savita, Sūrya, Teekshnamsu and Ina are the other names denoting Sūrya.
Notes: As Divakara, Sūrya causes the day. He is Teekshnamsu, as he has warm rays.
See Slokas 3 and 4 of Ch. II of Jataka Parijata for various names given to various Grahas.
Sasi, Sasanka, Vidhu, Soma, Nisakara, Seethamsu, Udunatha and Indu are synonyms of Candr.
Notes: Candr is Nisakara, as she causes the night. She is Seetamsu, as her rays are cool and pleasant. The name Udunatha is given to Candr because Candr married the 27 Nakshatras.
The Grah Mangal is otherwise called Aara, Vakra, Maheeja Rudhira, Rakta, Angaraka and Krudradrik.
Budh’s other names are: Saumya, Vid, Jna, Somaja, Bodhana, Kumar and Vidhusuta. Notes: Budh is Candr’s son and hence known, as Somaja and Vidhusuta. Guru’s synonyms are: Jeeva, Angirasa, Suraguru, Mantri Vachaspati, Arya, Brihaspati, Suri and Vageesh. Śukr is called Bhrigu,
Bhrigusuta, Ahpujit, Sita, Usanas, Vaitya Pujya, Kavya and Kavi.
Kona, Manda, Sani, Krishn, Sūrya Putr, Yama, Pangu, Sanaischara, Sauri, Kala and Chayasuta: these are other names, by which Śani is called.
Rahu is indicated, as Tamas, Asura, Swarbhanu, Vidhuntuda, Pata, Sainhikeya, Bhujanga and Ahi.
Ketu is called Sikhin, Dhvaja, Dhum, Mrityu Putr and Anala.
These different names (as in the above s]okas) have been given to various Grahas by the scholars of olden days.
Notes: Balbhadra in his Hora Ratna, quotes Suka Jataka in this context, giving various names to Grahas, as under: (the day), Tamohanta (destoryer of darkness), Dinakarta (cause of the day) and Dinamani; Ratrisa, Sasi and Kumudinipathi; Kruradhrik (inauspicious in aspect) and Krurakrit (evil doer); Prabhasuta; Sūryau and Brihaspati; Daityapujya, Kaama and Kavi; Sanaischara, Sauri and Chayasuta; Sainhikeya, Bhujanga and Bhujaga; course reads, as Dhumra and Anala in Balabhadra’s. Please also see Sarvarthachintamani (Ch. I) and Jataka Parijata (Ch. II) for more such information in this regard.
This information is supposed to help one to easily interpret Sanskrit names, given to different Grahas in different contexts by different texts.
