[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.2867 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2867 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2867 - **Language:** English ### [c9.2867](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2867) 9) \*The Sun and Rāhu.\* Once the Sun and the moon pointed out Rāhu who had come to partake of the Amṛta (Ambrosia) in stealth and Mahāviṣṇu cut off his head. (For detailed story see under Amṛta, Para 4). - [Previous: c9.2866](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2866) - [Next: c9.2868](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2868) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2867](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.2867) · Pramāṇa