Pāli Dictionary
rāhu
Part of speech
noun · masculine
cosmology
羅睺，阿修羅王之名，傳說吞食日月而致日蝕月蝕
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
日蝕；月蝕
an eclipse (of the sun or moon)
Encyclopedia
Rāhu
Person一位阿修羅首領，佛教日月食神話中他曾捕獲月神與日神，體型被形容極為巨大，後奉佛陀之命將二者釋放。
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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