The Rakshasa graha is described as seizing children, who vomit froth, yawn, look upward crying, smell of flesh and have high fever and great pain; affected adults are described separately.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- राक्षसग्रह
- Hindi
- राक्षस ग्रह
- English
- Rakshasa graha
What the text says
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Signs and symptoms2
The child vomits froth, yawns, looks upward crying in agitation, smells of flesh, has high fever and great pain.
An adult afflicted by a rakshasa loves meat, liquor and blood, is very brave and cruel, shameless, very strong, roams at night and has swelling and pain.
Where else is this mentioned?
Named 5 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.
- Book page 399Chapter 18×2… न्। मांसगंध्यपि महाजवरोःतिरुद्राक्षसग्रहगृहीत पुत्रक:॥ 109॥ भावार्थ : राक्षस ग्रह से पीडित बालक फेन का वमन करता है, उसे जंभाई आती है, उद्वेग के साथ रोत …
- Book page 400Chapter 18×3कल्याणकारके / बालग्रहभूततंत्राधिकार: 400 भावार्थ : राक्षसग्रह पीडित बाल को हरड, सफेद सरसों, बच, जटामांसी इनकी पोटली आदि बनाकर पहनान …
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Condition
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 2
- Chapters
- Chapter 18
- Extraction tasks
- T19
- Record id
- condition_rakshasa_graha