Pāli Dictionary
rāhu
Part of speech
noun · masculine
cosmology
罗睺，阿修罗王之名，传说吞食日月而致日蚀月蚀
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
日蚀；月蚀
an eclipse (of the sun or moon)
Encyclopedia
Rāhu
Person一位阿修罗首领，佛教日月食神话中他曾捕获月神与日神，体型被形容极为巨大，后奉佛陀之命将二者释放。
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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