Pāli Dictionary
rāhu
Part of speech
noun · masculine
cosmology
ラーフ、日食・月食を起こすとされる阿修羅の王
Rāhu, an asura chieftain said to cause eclipses by seizing the sun or moon in his mouth
SN 2.9
tena kho pana samayena candimā devaputto rāhunā asur'indena gahito hoti. atha kho candimā devaputto bhagavantaṃ anussaramāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ gāthaṃ abhāsi
（日食・月食の）蝕
an eclipse (of the sun or moon)
Encyclopedia
Rāhu
Person巨大で誇張された宇宙的規模を持つ阿修羅の首領で、仏教の日食・月食神話において月と太陽を捕らえたが仏の命により解き放った。
An Asura chieftain of vast, exaggerated cosmic proportions who, in the Buddhist eclipse myth, seized the moon and sun before releasing them at the Buddha’s command.
AN 4.50
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