Rāhu

Meaning

Proper Noun

An asura and god of the solar eclipse.

Origin

Sanskrit राहु from root रभ् (compare Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ (“to seize, snatch, grab”)

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