(Top) A depiction of Sudarsana island perhaps more faithful to the verses. (Below) Fifteenth-century Vijayanagar depiction of the rabbit-like reflection on the Moon. On both sides of the Moon are the serpents Rahu and Ketu, symbolic of the ascending node with the Moon moving to the north of the solar path and the descending node with the Moon moving to the south respectively
A depiction of Sudarsana island perhaps more faithful to the verses. A Fifteenth-century Vijayanagar depiction of the rabbit-like reflection on the Moon. On both sides of the Moon are the serpents Rahu and Ketu, symbolic of the ascending node with the Moon moving to the north of the solar path and the descending node with the Moon moving to the south respectively



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