[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.431 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.431 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.431 - **Language:** English ### [c7.431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.431) GRAHAS (PLANETS). Indians from very ancient days have maintained certain definite ideas and inferences about the planets. Though these ideas differ somewhat from the results of modern researches, the influence of the ancient ideas is discernible in all the Purāṇic texts in India. The main ideas are summarised below. - [Previous: c7.430](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.430) - [Next: c7.432](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.432) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.431](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.431) · Pramāṇa