Rāhu
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit राहु (rāhú) from root रभ् (compare Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ (“to seize, snatch, grab”)
Proper noun
Rāhu
- (Hinduism) an asura and god of the solar eclipse
- (Buddhism) an asura and god of the solar eclipse
- (Tibetan Buddhism) a supernatural being in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, particularly the Nyingma lineage. Usually depicted as dark blue in colour and having nine heads one of which is that of a raven. He has a face in his belly the mouth of which swallows up the moon or sun during eclipses. He is master of the nine planets and the god of solar and lunar eclipses.