Budha

He is also the father of Pururavas and so the head of the lunar dynasty that lane 16 recovered from Nahusha downward — which would join this batch to that one at the top. The treatment consulted does not state it, so no edge is drawn, and Pururavas remains a BLOCKED census row. That join is the single cheapest improvement a third Hindu pass could make.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

• parent: Soma
• parent: Tara

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Bhāgavata9.14: Tārā’s testimony

  deity by descent in this account.

  • mother: TaraBhāgavata Purāṇa 9.14.4,11,13, Sanskrit and translation (primary)
  • father: SomaBhāgavata Purāṇa 9.14.4,11,13, Sanskrit and translation (primary)
  Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.14.4,11,13, Sanskrit and translation (primary)

Variant accounts

• Resolved paternity disputeBṛhaspati and Soma both claim the child; Tārā names Soma when Brahmā asks her privately.Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.14.4,11,13, Sanskrit and translation (primary)

Domains

• intellect
• mercury

Sources

• Budha is the graha of Mercury and ruler of intellect, son of Soma and Tara.: Reference treatments of Budha, of Tara and of the Navagraha. (secondary)