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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Rama's battle against the rakshasa king Ravana of Lanka (identified with modern-day Sri Lanka) and as killing many rakshasas. In the Ramayana, Nila is...

of Lanka, in which he is the chief antagonist and is considered to be a Rakshasa (demon). In the Ramayana, Ravana is described as the eldest son of sage...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

his quest to liberate his wife Sita from captivity at the hands of the rakshasa king Ravana. He is also known as Khmer: Sukhreeb, Lao: Sugeep, Lao: Sangkip...

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

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

IAST: Bakasura), also rendered Baka, is a rakshasa featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The rakshasa lives in a forest which nowadays known as "Gangani"...

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

dynasty (the Solar dynasty) In Hindu scriptures, who was cursed to be a rakshasa (demon) by the sage Vashishtha. He is described as an ancestor of Rama...

December 2019), "Releases", rakshasa/rtorrent repo, retrieved 9 June 2021 – via GitHub "rTorrent BitTorrent client", rakshasa/rtorrent repo, archived from...

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...

Sanskrit, the abode of the rakshasa Dandaka. It was the site of the Danda kingdom in Hindu puranic history, a stronghold of the rakshasa tribes. It was a state...

Jatasura (Sanskrit: जटासुर, romanized: Jaṭāsura) is a rakshasa in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He disguises himself as a Brahmin and attempts to abduct...

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...

name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary Rakshasa king Ravana in the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The fortress...