[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.624 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.624 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.624 - **Language:** English ### [c5.624](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.624) GRAHA. ‘Seizing.’ 1. The power that seizes and obscures the sun and moon, causing eclipses; the ascending node, Rāhu. 2. Evil spirits with which people, especially children, are possessed, and which cause sickness and death. They are supposed to be amenable to medicine and exorcism. - [Previous: c5.623](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.623) - [Next: c5.625](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.625) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.624](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.624) · Pramāṇa