shani
शनि śaniSaturn among the Navagraha; the slow, cold, dark planet, son of Surya and Chhaya and elder brother of Yama, revered as the just judge who delivers the exact fruit of a person's karma.
Where this term appears
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
From Sanjna came Yama, the lord of death, and Yamuna the river, and the twin physicians the Ashvins, and Vaivasvata Manu, the ancestor of mankind. From Chhaya, the shadow-wife, came Shani.
- The Government of the Cosmos Treatise
The lokapalas, navagrahas and saptarishis are the administrative classes of the Hindu cosmos — the officers who govern space, time and law. The lokapalas or…