Rākshasa (Sanskrit: राक्षस, IAST: rākṣasa, pronounced [raːkʂɐsɐ]; Pali: rakkhasa; lit. "preservers") are a race of usually malevolent beings prominently...

Rakshasa Rajavu (transl. Demon king) is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language action crime film written and directed by Vinayan and starring Mammootty in the...

Look up rakshasa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A Rakshasa is a malevolent being in Hinduism and Buddhism. Rakshasa may also refer to: Rakshasa Kingdom...

Rakshasa is a character in the ancient Indian Sanskrit-language play Mudrarakshasa. In the play, he holds the post of Amatya (prime minister) in the Nanda...

Chandragupta by Rakshasa. Wearing the jewels given by Rakshasa, he pretended to be an agent of Rakshasa. The letter, sealed with Rakshasa's signet-ring,...

Rakshasa Kingdom refers to the territory of Rakshasas who were a tribe, mentioned along with others like Devas (including Rudras, Maruts, Vasus and Adityas)...

Rakshasa (transl. Demon) is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by Sadhu Kokila, written by Ranganath and produced by Ramu. The...

Chandragupta Maurya, one of the protagonists Chanakya, one of the protagonists Rakshasa, the main antagonist Malayketu, the son of Parvataka and one of the henchmen...

The term Rakshasa, originally referring to a demon in Dharmic Religions, has been used in western and Japanese literature and popular culture. The following...

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of Rakshasas, a race of anthropomorphic spirits in Indian mythology. While many are malevolent, some are benevolent protectors of Dharma. Rakshasas are...

Wrath of Rakshasa is an upcoming steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the...

is the name of multiple beings in Hindu mythology, a rakshasa and a danava. Nikumbha, the rakshasa, is the son of Kumbhakarna and Vajramala. He is instructed...

of ten sons of Sumali. He was killed by Hanuman. Dushana: A man-eating rakshasa. He is the twin brother of Khara, the younger male cousin of Ravana, and...

Ramayana such as the Krittivasi Ramayana, Mahiravana, is the brother of the rakshasa king Ravana. He secretly carried away Rama and his brother Lakshmana to...

Brides for Seven Brothers. In Sanskrit literature, the practice is known as Rakshasa Vivaha ("marriage by abduction, devil's marriage"), mentioned e.g. by Kautilya...

The Hindu marriage (Sanskrit: विवाह, romanized: Vivāha, lit. 'Marriage') is the most important of all the samskaras, the rites of passage described in...

the same forest lived Hiḍimbi and her brother Hiḍimbā, a very powerful rakshasa. He smelled the Pāṇḍavās at a distance and as usual asked Hiḍimbi to lure...

arms.[page needed] Ravana was born to the Brahmin sage Vishrava and the Rakshasa princess Kaikasi in Treta Yuga. Villagers from Bisrakh in Uttar Pradesh...

of asuras Dānava - a clan of asuras (Known as Dānaveghasā in Buddhism) Rakshasa - a class of beings sometimes categorised as synonymous with asuras ॐ -...

Accordingly, Kaikasi gives birth to the rakshasas Ravana, Kumbhakarna, and Shurpanakha, and one virtuous rakshasa who had the characteristics of a Brahmin...

Ravana, the King of Lanka, in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. Though a rakshasa himself, Vibhishana turned his back on Ravana, and defected to Rama's side...

the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director, which he won for Rakshasa (2005) and Inthi Ninna Preethiya (2008). As an actor, he has received multiple...

Sita, Rama's wife. His son Kalanemi was killed by Hanuman. Cursed to be a rakshasa along with his mother Tataka and brother Subahu, Maricha initially led...

Sanskrit, the abode of the rakshasa Dandaka. It was the site of the Danda Kingdom in Hindu mythology, a stronghold of the rakshasa tribes. It was a state...

text. Kumbhakarna (Sanskrit: कुम्भकर्ण, lit. pot-eared) is a powerful rakshasa and younger brother of Ravana from the Hindu epic Ramayana. Despite his...

acting like a Rakshasa (demon). The Rishi cursed the king thus: "O worst of the worst kings, since thou persecutest an ascetic, like a Rakshasa, thou shalt...

wicked Bakasura, thereby saving his Brahmin hosts from being eaten by the rakshasa. In Karnataka, the last day of Ashadha is marked as the Bhimana Amavasya...

Kubera, the God of Wealth. It is said that Kubera was overthrown by his rakshasa stepbrother, Ravana. According to the Mahāvamsa, a Pāḷi chronicle written...

sometimes related to his subjects: "king of yakshas" (Yaksharajan), "Lord of rakshasas" (Rakshasadhipati), "Lord of Guhyakas" (Guhyakadhipa), "king of Kinnaras"(Kinnararaja)...