राहु

See also: रहे, रुह्, रही, and रहा

Sanskrit

From Sanskrit root रभ्, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ (“to seize, snatch, grab”, compare Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति)

Alternative scripts

राहु • (rāhú) stem, m

Rahu
an eclipse or (rather) the moment of the beginning of an occultation or obscuration

Masculine u-stem declension of राहु (rāhú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	राहुः rāhúḥ	राहू rāhū́	राहवः rāhávaḥ
Vocative	राहो rā́ho	राहू rā́hū	राहवः rā́havaḥ
Accusative	राहुम् rāhúm	राहू rāhū́	राहून् rāhū́n
Instrumental	राहुणा / राह्वा¹ rāhúṇā / rāhvā́¹	राहुभ्याम् rāhúbhyām	राहुभिः rāhúbhiḥ
Dative	राहवे / राह्वे¹ rāháve / rāhvé¹	राहुभ्याम् rāhúbhyām	राहुभ्यः rāhúbhyaḥ
Ablative	राहोः / राह्वः¹ rāhóḥ / rāhváḥ¹	राहुभ्याम् rāhúbhyām	राहुभ्यः rāhúbhyaḥ
Genitive	राहोः / राह्वः¹ rāhóḥ / rāhváḥ¹	राह्वोः rāhvóḥ	राहूणाम् rāhūṇā́m
Locative	राहौ rāhaú	राह्वोः rāhvóḥ	राहुषु rāhúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “राहु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0879.