இராகு

iraaku

ஒன்பது கோள்களுள் ஒன்று ; கரும்பாம்பு ; கோமேதகம் .

தமிழ் - தமிழ் அகரமுதலி

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நவக்கிரகங்களு ளொன்று. RAhu, the ascending node of the moon regarded as one of the nine planets, and believed to have the form of a monstrous serpent or dragon which, with KEtu, the descending node, is supposed to seize the sun and the moon and thus cause the eclipses, Caput d கோமேதகம். (W.) Sardonyx, Rāhu's gem;

Tamil Lexicon

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ராகு, s. the eighth planet in the Indian astronomy, caput draconis, which with கேது the red serpent is said to swallow the sun and the moon and thus to cause eclipses. இராகுகாலம், the inauspicious part of the day about an hour and a half under the influence of இராகு.

J.P. Fabricius Dictionary

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, [irāku] ''s.'' The ascending node regarded as one of the nine planets in the form of a monstrous serpent or dragon, which, with கேது the descending node, is feigned to grasp the sun and moon and thus to cause eclipses, கரும்பாம்பு. Wils. p. 75. RAHU.

Miron Winslow

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irāku
n. rāhu.
RAhu, the ascending node of the moon regarded as one of the nine planets, and believed to have the form of a monstrous serpent or dragon which, with KEtu, the descending node, is supposed to seize the sun and the moon and thus cause the eclipses, Caput d
நவக்கிரகங்களு ளொன்று.

irāku
n. cf. rāhu-ratna.
Sardonyx, Rāhu's gem;
கோமேதகம். (W.)

DSAL

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