Planets listed in weekday order
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:29 am
In Indian astrological texts, the standard order for listing the planets is that of the days of the week (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn). I can't remember seeing this in any non-Indian texts, but I just noticed that David Pingree writes in his commentary on the Yavanajātaka (II 256), concerning jewels associated with the planets:
Is anyone familiar with other sources, outside the Indian tradition, that list the planets in this order?The Greek tradition begins with a list ascribed to Nectanebo, the astrologer-lover of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great (pseudo-Callisthenes, Historia Alexandri Magni 1, 4, 6) ; the text, which follows the order of the planetary week-days beginning with Sunday, should not be dated before the second century A. D.