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JAIN JOURNAL
12. A comparison of the Jaina and Hindu views with the modern
of the Solar System
In both the Jaina and the Hindu views, in the content of the whole, the Sun, and its family, the Moon and the Stars occupy a rather insignificant place. It is difficult even to conceive if the family of the Sun including its children (planets) and grand-children (satellites) was at all recognised. But if still we are to build up an order analogous to the modern notion of the Solar System, it would look like something as given below in which, it will be seen, the starting point is the Earth, and not the Sun as in the modern notion.
jaina
Hindu
Modern
☆
Dhruva ( Pole-star )
ś ani (Saturn)
Saptarsi
Pluto
Mangal ( Mars )
Sant (Saturn)
Neptune
Brhaspati (Jupite
Brhaspati (Jupiter)
Uranus
śukra (Venus )
Mangal (Mars)
Saturn
Budh (Mercury)
Sukra (Venus )
Jupiter
Nakşatras ( Stars )
Budh (Mercury)
Mars
Prakirna-taras
Comets!)
kşatras ( Stars )
Earth
e
condra e moon, e
Candra ( Moon
candra (Moon)
Venus
surya (Sun)
surya (
Mercury
Meru
Meru
Sun
Jambu-dvipa
Jambu-dvipa
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