Ginan Central: Reverse Lexicon

Search results for: rāhū and ketū are respectively called the north and the south lunar nodes the fact that eclipses occur when the sun and the moon are at one of these points gives rise to the myth of the swallowing of the sun and the moon by the demon snake 

Ginanic Term	Meaning
rāhū	astronomically ◆ rāhū and ketū denote the points of intersection of the paths of the sun and the moon as they move on the celestial sphere therefore ◆ rāhū and ketū are respectively called the north and the south lunar nodes the fact that eclipses occur when the sun and the moon are at one of these points gives rise to the myth of the swallowing of the sun and the moon by the demon snake	Glossary KWIC