Ketu
Hindu · deity · vedic · Recorded classification
That the tradition assigned the two halves OPPOSITE dispositions — the head grasping at the world, the body turned away from it — is the part of the story worth a registry's attention, and it is on both records rather than summarised on one.
Domains
- spiritual detachment
- lunar node
Relations
- severed half of: RahuReciprocal of the in-batch edge.Reference treatment of the head becoming Rahu and the body Ketu. (secondary)
- beheaded by: VishnuThe same act produced both records, so it is recorded on both.Reference treatment of Vishnu severing Svarbhanu with the Sudarshana discus. (secondary)
Sources
- Ketu is the immortal decapitated body of Svarbhanu, the south lunar node and the seeker of spiritual detachment.: Reference treatments of Rahu and Ketu and of the Samudra Manthan. (secondary)