v. n, To be under the influence of an eclipse. (Hindus consider those eatable things to be defiled, which remain under the influence of an eclipse): to be eclipse-struck, i. e., deformed by the influence of an eclipse while yet in the womb, (an event which is supposed to result from the pregnant mother being engaged in any thing but worship during the eclipse, or the parents having indulged in sexual intercourse during the eclipse; whatever the mother does during eclipse, the same signs are produced upon the body of her offspring):—garahṉiá hoiá, a. Eclipse-struck.