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Rahu
In
Hindu tradition,
Rahu () is the severed head of an
asura called
Svarbhanu, that swallows the
sun causing
eclipses. He is depicted in art as a serpent with no body riding a
chariot drawn by eight black horses. Rahu is one of the
navagraha (nine planets) in
Vedic astrology and is paired with
Ketu. The time of day considered to be under the influence of Rahu is called
Rahu kala and is considered inauspicious. In
Vedic astronomy, Rahu is considered to be a rogue planet. The other name of Rahu is Bhayanaka.
Rahu
Noun
1. a demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses
(hypernym) Hindu deity
Rahu
[Hindu] In Hindu myth, Rahu is demon that causes eclipses. He rides a chariot pulled by eight black horses, with his mouth wide open, ready to devour the sun or moon. If he succeeds, a solar or lunar eclipse will follow. He is usually portrayed as a dragon's head, without a body. In Tibet he is the Buddhistic lord of the nine planets, and one of the Krodhadevatas (terror-inspiring gods). There he is portrayed with nine heads and the body of a snake.
Rahu
Rahu (Sanskrit) The seizer; a daitya supposed to seize the sun and moon and thus cause eclipses. "A giant, a Demi-god, the lower part of whose body ended in a Dragon or Serpent's tail. During the churning of the Ocean, when the gods produced amrita -- the water of Immortality -- he stole some of it, and drinking, became immortal. The Sun and Moon, who had detected him in his theft, denounced him to Vishnu, who placed him in the stellar spheres, the upper portion of his body representing the Dragon's head and the lower (Ketu) the Dragon's tail; the two being the ascending and descending nodes. Since then, Rahu wreaks his vengeance on the Sun and Moon by occasionally swallowing them. But this fable had another mystic meaning, since Rahu, the Dragon's head, played a prominent part in the mysteries of the Sun's (Vikarttana's) initiation, when the candidate and the Dragon had a supreme fight" (SD 2:381).
Rahu
k.o. monster that causes lunar eclipses by swallowing moon
