[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970) › v2.c8.s3.320 # Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.320 Prakrit Proper Names (Āgamic Index I) v2.c8.s3.320 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c8.s3.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.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 - [Previous: v2.c8.s3.319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s3.319) - [Next: v2.c8.s3.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s3.321) - [Up: v2.c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s3.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mehta-chandra-1970.v2.c8.s3.320) · Pramāṇa