son of Siṇhikā

siṉhikā-tanaya

pl. N. of certain Asuras MBh.

ketú

lamp, flame, torch ib. ;
day-time ṠāṇkhBr. ;
(Naigh. III, 9) apparition, form, shape RV. PārGṛ. ;
sign, mark, ensign, flag, banner RV. AV. MBh. etc.;
a chief, leader, eminent person RV. R. IV, 28, 18 Ragh. II, 33 BhP. ;
intellect, judgment, discernment (?) RV. V, 66, 4 AV. X, 2, 12 ;
any unusual orﾠ striking phenomenon, comet, meteor, falling star AdbhBr. Mn. I, 38 VarBṛS. BhP. etc.. ;
the dragon's tail orﾠ descending node (considered in astron. as the 9th planet, andﾠ in mythol. as the body of the demon Saiṇhikeya < son of Siṇhikā> which was severed from the head orﾠ Rāhu by Vishṇu at the churning of the ocean, but was rendered immortal by having tasted the Amṛita) Hariv. 4259 R. VP. ;
« a pigmy race» seeﾠ - gaṇa below ;
disease L. ;
an enemy L. ;
N. of a son of Agni (author of RV. X, 156) RAnukr. ;
(with the patr. Vājya) VBr. ;
N. of a Dānava Hariv. 198 ;
of a son (of Ṛishabha BhP. V, 4, 10 ;
of the 4th Manu, VIII, 1, 27);
aruṇā́ḥketávaḥ, « red apparitions», a class of spirits (a kind of sacrificial fire is called after them āruṇaketuka q.v.)
AV. XI, 10, 1 f. and 7 TĀr. MBh. XII, 26, 7. ;
- केतुगण
- केतुग्रह
- केतुचक्र
- केतुतारा
- केतुधर्मन्
- केतुभ
- केतुभूत
- केतुमत्
- केतुमाल
- केतुमालक
- केतुमालि
- केतुमालिन्
- केतुयष्टि
- केतुरत्न
- केतुवर्मन्
- केतुवीर्य
- केतुशृङ्ग

su-candra

N. of a Deva-gandharva MBh. ;
of a son of Siṇhikā ib. ;
of a son of Hema-candra andﾠ father of Dhūmrâṡva R. VP. ;
of various kings R. Kālac. ;
of a Bodhi-sattva Buddh. ;
of a Ficus Indica R.

kāla-nābha

N. of an Asura Hariv. 199 BhP. ;
of a son of Hiraṇyâksha Hariv. 195 VP. ;
of a son of Hiraṇya-kaṡipu BhP. VII, 2, 18 ;
of a son of Vipra-citti andﾠ Siṇhikā Hariv. 216 VP.

nabha

the month Ṡrāvaṇa Car. ;
N. of a son of Manu Svārocisha orﾠ of the 3rd Manu (together with Nabhasya) Hariv. ;
of one of 7 sages of the 6th Manv-antara ib. ;
of a demon (son of Vipra-citti by Siṇhikā) ib. VP. ;
of a son of Nala (Nishadha) andﾠ father of Puṇḍarīka (cf. nabhas) Hariv. BhP. ;
(ā) f. a spitting-pot (?) L. ;
N. of the city of the sun W.

khasṛima

N. of a son of Kauṡika ( orﾠ Viṡvā-mitra), 1190

rāhú

cf. graha andﾠ grah) « the Seizer»
N. of a Daitya orﾠ demon who is supposed to seize the sun andﾠ moon andﾠ thus cause eclipses (he is fabled as a son of Vipra-citti andﾠ Siṇhikā andﾠ as having a dragon's tail;
when the gods had churned the ocean for the Amṛita orﾠ nectar of immortality, he disguised himself like one of them andﾠ drank a portion;
but the Sun andﾠ Moon revealed the fraud to Vishṇu, who cut off Rāhu's head, which thereupon became fixed in the stellar sphere, andﾠ having become immortal through drinking the Amṛita, has ever since wreaked its vengeance on the Sun andﾠ Moon by occasionally swallowing them;
while at the same time the tail of the demon became Ketu <q.v.> andﾠ gave birth to a numerous progeny of comets andﾠ fiery meteors;
in astron. Rāhu is variously regarded as a dragon's head, as the ascending node of the moon < orﾠ point where the moon intersects the ecliptic in passing northwards>, as one of the planets <cf. graha>, andﾠ as the regent of the south-west quarter < Laghuj. >;
among Buddhists many demons are called Rāhu) AV. etc. etc.;
an eclipse orﾠ (rather) the moment of the beginning of an occultation orﾠ obscuration VarBṛS. ;
- राहुकन्य
- राहुकालावली
- राहुकेतु
- राहुगत
- राहुगम्य
- राहुग्रसन
- राहुग्रस्त
- राहुग्रह
- राहुग्रहण
- राहुग्रास
- राहुग्राह
- राहुचर
- राहुच्छत्त्र
- राहुदर्शन
- राहुपर्वन्
- राहुपीडा
- राहुपूजा
- राहुभेदिन्
- राहुमुख
- राहुमूर्धभिद्
- राहुमूर्धहर
- राहुरत्न
- राहुशत्रु
- राहुसंस्पर्श
- राहुसुत
- राहुसूक्त
- राहुसूतक