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Hindu Mythology Sanskrit Mercury Chandra Moon: Kizhamai

In Hindu mythology, Budha is the name for the planet Mercury and is considered the god of merchandise and protector of merchants. He is depicted as having a greenish complexion and usually shown riding a winged lion or eagle while holding a scimitar, club, and shield or a sceptre and lotus. Budha presides over Wednesday and is the son of Chandra who married Ila and fathered Pururava.

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Hindu Mythology Sanskrit Mercury Chandra Moon: Kizhamai

In Hindu mythology, Budha is the name for the planet Mercury and is considered the god of merchandise and protector of merchants. He is depicted as having a greenish complexion and usually shown riding a winged lion or eagle while holding a scimitar, club, and shield or a sceptre and lotus. Budha presides over Wednesday and is the son of Chandra who married Ila and fathered Pururava.

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In Hindu mythology, Budha (Sanskrit: ) is the name for the planet Mercury, a son of Chandra (the moon) with

th Tara or Rohini. He is also the god of merchandise and protector of Merchants. He is represented as being mild, eloquent, and having a greenish complexion. He is represented holding a scimitar, a club and a shield, riding a winged lion in Ramghur temple. In other illustrations, he holds a sceptre and lotus and rides a carpet or an eagle or a chariot drawn by lions.
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Budha presides over 'Budhavara' or Wednesday. In modern Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada and Gujarati, Wednesday is calledBudhavara; Tamil: Budhan kizhamai; Malayalam: Budhanazhcha; Thai: Wan Phut (). Budha married Ila, the daughter of Vaivasvata Manu and fathered a son Pururava.

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