Rahugraha, Rāhugrāha: 6 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rāhugrāha (राहुग्राह).—m.

(-haḥ) An eclipse of the sun or moon. E. rāhu the dragon’s head, grāha seizure.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rāhugraha (राहुग्रह).—[masculine] the demon Rāhu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rāhugraha (राहुग्रह):—[=rāhu-graha] [from rāhu] m. the demon ([literally] ‘seizer’) R°, [Kāvya literature]

2) Rāhugrāha (राहुग्राह):—[=rāhu-grāha] [from rāhu] m. = -grasana or -grahaṇa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rāhugrāha (राहुग्राह):—[rāhu-grāha] (haḥ) 1. m. An eclipse of either the sun or the moon.

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Rahugraha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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