[rah-uṇ] 1 N. of a de- mon, son of Vipracitti and Siṃhikā and hence often called Saiṃhikeya; grasate hi tamopahaṃ muhurnanu rāhvāhvamaharpatiṃ tamaḥ Śi. 16. 57. [When the nectar, that was churned out of the ocean, was being served to the gods, Rāhu disguised himself and attempted to drink it along with them. But he was detected by the sun and the moon who informed Viṣṇu o the fraud. Viṣṇu, thereupon, severedf his...