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Cf. Sūrapannatti (Āg. S. edition, 1919) 286b.-Rāhu's other names are Singhādaya (Srngāțaka), Jadilaya, Khambhaya [Khettaya added between brackets), Kharaya, Daddura (Dardura 'Frog'), Magara 'Sea-monster', Maccha 'Fish', Kacchabha (pa "Tortoise') and Kanhasappa (Krsna-sarpa 'Black Snake'). His abodes (vimāņa) are named after the colours of lampblack (Khanjaņa-vaņņ'ābha), the bottle-gourd (Lāuya-v.-ā.), Indian madder (Manjitha-v.-..), turmeric (Hālidda-v.-ā.) and ashes (Bhāsa-rāsi-v.-ā.).— ahe 'the lower side' does not appear in the comm.
b. One (576a) must distinguish between the constant form and the periodical form of Rāhu (Dhuva-rāhu and Pavva-rāhu resp.). Every day, starting from the first day (pādivaya) of the moon's wane (bahula-pakkha) Dhuva-rāhu covers of the moon with ] [of his own vimāņa, viz, according to the comm., of his black vimāna which, in a gāhā quoted there, is said to be situated four angulas under the moon, always accompanying it]. During the fifteen days of the moon's increase the reverse happens. Only during one samaya, namely the very last samaya (carima-samae) of these fortnights, the moon is completely covered (ratta : uparakta, Abhay.) resp. uncovered (viratta); during all other samayas it is partly covered (cande ratte vā viratte vā bhavai). The periodical Rāhu causes the eclipses of the moon and the sun. The interval between two eclipses is at least six months, at most forty-two months in the case of the moon and forty-eight years in the case of the sun.
Cf. Sūrapannatti 288a.-According to Lehre par. 125 Rāhu every day covers of the moon with its of his own vimāna, but this does not appear from our text: je se Dhuva-rāhū se nam bahula-pakkhassa pädivae pannarasaibhāgenam pannarasai-bhāgam candassa lessam ăvaremane 2 citthai. Also Abhay. speaks of candra-leśyā-pañcadasa-bhāga. Quoting a gāhā from the Jyotiskarandaka he however mentions the opinion according to which only is of the moon can be darkened by Rāhu, to remaining avasthita. He says that this theory is not spoken of in our text because the avasthita part of the moon is invisible (anupalaksaņāt). Moreover Abhay. discusses the opinions (two gāhās) regarding the question how the relatively small Rāhu (Rāhu, being a planet, has a diameter of half a yojana) can cover the moon (diameter: Si yojana).
2a (577b) Canda is called Sasi (= Saśrī!) because of the beauty of his abode, the Miyanka vimāņa, his wives etc.
2b (578a) Sūra is called Aicca (= Aditya) because measured
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