Hindu Astronomical Deities. 
69 
Konarak 
(Fig. 5) 
Modern 
Paddhatis & 
Pafich&an- 
Lotus 
Lotus 
Lotus 
MOON MARS | MERCURY 
Rosary,| Rosary,| Rosary, 
Pitcher | Pitcher | Pitcher 
Lily ft 
Pitcher 
Trident 
JUPITER| VENUS | SATURN| BAHU KETU 
Rosary,| Rosary,! Rosary, Vajra 
Pitcher | Pitcher | Pitcher 
osary,| Rosary,| Staff, 
Pitcher | Pitcher | Pitcher 
Rosary, 
Torch 
Half- 
moon 
Rosary, 
such examples at Konarak. 
chariot with eight or ten horses to each of the other planets, 
but the modern practice is to give to each a distinct vahana. 
A Lucknow Museum relief (fig. 3) shows beneath the planets 
in order—a horse, a bird with an animal’s 
head, a peacock, a 
boar (2), a bird with a horse’s head, a frog (?), a horse, a vajra. 
olours. There is fair unanimity regarding the colours 
but that of Mercury is somewhat doubtful. In the west also 
specific colours were allotted to the several planets. 
Pu- 
G * 
rana (xxxix) | 
Matsya Pu- 
rana (xexiv) 
. \ } 
MOON MARS | MERCURY 
Lotus 
1 ois 
White 
White Yellow 
Varaha Mi- 
hira3 
Paddhatis 
Red 
Red 
White Green 
White Yellow 
Ptolemy 
Variable 
1 GP xxxix ; AP li; Cal. Mus. 5927, etc. 
2 Arch. Sur. Report, 1 1. i; 
Brihat Samhité civ, 47 
3 
908-9, Pp . 
eee ee eeeee 
. Brihajjataka ii, 4-5. 
JUPITER) VENUS |SATURN| RAHU 
Yellow | White | Black 
Yellow | White |Green ? Blue 
Yellow | White | Black | | 
; or blue 
Yellow | White | Black Black 
Ces bald all> at ce euwleeecees a 
Yellow 
White Black 
R. Mrrrra Buddha Gaya pl. 1. 
