Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.320
Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.320
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v2.c8.s3.320
1. Rāhu One of the eighty-eight Gahas.¹ Rāhu is a Joisiya god² under Soma(1), a Logapāla of Sakka(3). He has nine names : Siṃghādaya, Jaḍilaa, Khambhāa (Khaṭṭaa ), Kharaa, Daddura (Dhaḍḍhara ), Magara, Maccha(2), Kacchabha and Kaṇhasappa (Kaṇṇasappa). When the aerial car of Rāhu causes a partial or full covering of the car of the moon or that of the sun, there occurs the lunar or the solar eclipse.⁴