svarbhanu
स्वर्भानु svarbhānuThe demon who drank the nectar of immortality in disguise and was beheaded by Vishnu; his immortal head became Rahu and his body Ketu, the two eclipse-nodes.
Where this term appears
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
At the churning of the ocean of milk, when the gods and the demons together drew the nectar of immortality up from the deep, a demon named Svarbhanu slipped into the line of the gods in disguise and drank.