ग्रहचारी grahachārī

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

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ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Eclipse, possession, negative magical influence, negative astral influence.
Rāhu the demon dragon responsible for eclipses.

Usual translation

  1. bad omens

Origin of the definition

S گره ग्रह graha, vulg. grah; and H. गिरह girah, or गरह garah , s.m. The power that seizes and obscures the sun and moon, especially Rāhu or the ascending node; — seizure of the sun or moon, an eclipse ( = grahaṇ); — a planet (as seizing or influencing the destinies of men in a supernatural manner: the Hindū mythology recognizes nine planets, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rāhu, Ketu, Sun, and Moon; hence) a symbol for the number 9; — name of certain evil spirits who seize or exercise a bad influence on the body and mind of man (causing insanity, &c.).

ग्रहचारी. कुंडली में बुरे ग्रह बैठ जाना. Bad planets in the horoscope.

ग्रहचारी. Misfortune; Ill luck.

राहू rāhū (sanskrit)

Name of a Daitya or demon (son of Vipra-ćitti and Sinhikā) who is supposed to seize the sun and moon and thus cause eclipses.
The dragon's head, the ascending node of a planet.
One of the nine principal planets; the ascending node of moon (not really a planet but the place where the moon is when an eclipse occurs).

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Monday 9 August 2021
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