Rahudeva, Rāhudeva, Rahu-deva: 1 definition
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist IconographyRāhudeva (राहुदेव) is another name for Rāhu: one of the nine planets (Navagraha), commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—His Colour is reddish-blue; his Symbols are the sun and the moon; he has two arms. [...] As Rāhudeva he occurs once in the Chinese collection.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Deva, Rahu, Teva.
Full-text: Rahu.
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Impact of Vedic Culture on Society (by Kaushik Acharya)
Mingling of Cultures (B): The Śarabhapuras < [Chapter 4]
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The Indian Buddhist Iconography (by Benoytosh Bhattachacharyya)
The Gautami Mahatmya (by G. P. Bhatt)