Svarbhānu

demonic sky Hindu single tradition · 1

Svarbhānu is an asura whose severed head became Rahu, the entity that swallows the sun causing eclipses.

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Rahu
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Rahu

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“Rahu is the severed head of an asura called Svarbhānu, that swallows the sun causing eclipses.”

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