Rahu : counted as one of the navagrahas though not an astronomical body causes eclipses & meteors. He is usually paired with Ketu. Rāhu kāla, the period of time under his influence is considered inauspicious. As per Vedic astrology Rāhu & Ketu have an orbital cycle of 18 years & are always 180 degrees from each other orbitally as well as in astrological charts. This coincides with the processional orbit of moon or the 18-year rotational cycle of the ascending & descending lunar nodes on the earth’s ecliptic plane. Astronomically, Rāhu & Ketu denote the points of intersection of the paths of the Sun & the Moon as they move on the celestial sphere. Therefore, Rāhu & Ketu are respectively the north & the south lunar nodes. The fact that eclipses occur when the Sun & the Moon are at one of these points gives rise to the image of their swallowing of the Sun & the Moon.
... MYSELF: Mother, when К was overtaken by an attack of depression, I saw distinctly that he was possessed by something very black. I at once remembered the eclipse of the moon by Rahu. Just as the moon is slowly devoured by Rahu, so was he by this black something. I didn’t have visions before. Is there any truth in it? SRI AUROBINDO: It is so seen when the inner vision is opened. It is an influence ...
... wind.. god. मरूत्तः Marutta. मरूत्तकः Maruvak plant मरूत्वत् cloud.. Indra .. Hanuman. मरूलः a duck. मरूवः a plant.. Rahu मरूवक terrible, formidable. मरूवकः Marjoram.. a lime.. tiger.. Rahu .. crane. मरूकः peacock; a kind of stag. मरोलिः, मरोलिकः Makara. मर्मन् vital part; defect, failing; core, quick; joint; inner meaning ...
... their herd) having been bound (with chains).(29) At that time, the father (of Śrī Rāma ), the glorious King Daśaratha (a scion of Kakutstha), looked lustreless indeed like the full moon overshadowed by Rahu during a lunar eclipse.(30) The illustrious son of Daśaratha, Śrī Rāma , on the other hand of inconceivable firmness commanded the charioteer in the words "Let the chariot be driven fast." (31) Śrī ...
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