rākśasa | राक्शस | rAkzasa
rākśasa | राक्शस | mf(I)n. (fr. rakśas | रक्शस् |) belonging to or like a Rakṣas, demoniacal, infested by demons, AitBr. &c. &c. (with vivāha | विवाह |, or ḍarma | डर्म | or viḍi | विडि | m. ‘one of the 8 forms of marriage’, the violent seizure or rape of a girl after the defeat or destruction of her relatives, see Mn. iii, 33)
rākśasa | राक्शस | m. a Rakṣas or demon in general, an evil or malignant demon (the Rākṣasas are sometimes regarded as produced from Brahmā's foot, sometimes with Rāvaṇa as descendants of Pulastya, elsewhere they are styled children of Khasā or Su-rasa; according to some they are distinguishable into 3 classes, one being of a semi-divine benevolent nature and ranking with Yakṣas &c.; another corresponding to Titans or relentless enemies of the gods; and a third answering more to nocturnal demons, imps, fiends, goblins, going about at night, haunting cemeteries, disturbing sacrifices and even devouring human beings; this last class is the one most commonly mentioned; their chief place of abode was Laṅkā in Ceylon; in R. v, 10, 17 &c. they are fully described; cf. also, IW. 310; RTL. 237), Kauś.; Up. &c.
a king of the Rakṣas g. parṣv-ādi | पर्ष्व्-आदि |
(with Jainas) one of the 8 classes of Vyantaras, L.
N. of the 30th Muhūrta, L.
of one of the astronomical, Yogas.; Col.
of a minister of Nanda, Mudr.
of a poet, Cat. (cf. below)
rākśasa | राक्शस | m. n. the 49th year in the Jupiter cycle of 60 years, VarBṛS.
rākśasa | राक्शस | m. a Rakṣas or demon in general, an evil or malignant demon (the Rākṣasas are sometimes regarded as produced from Brahmā's foot, sometimes with Rāvaṇa as descendants of Pulastya, elsewhere they are styled children of Khasā or Su-rasa; according to some they are distinguishable into 3 classes, one being of a semi-divine benevolent nature and ranking with Yakṣas &c.; another corresponding to Titans or relentless enemies of the gods; and a third answering more to nocturnal demons, imps, fiends, goblins, going about at night, haunting cemeteries, disturbing sacrifices and even devouring human beings; this last class is the one most commonly mentioned; their chief place of abode was Laṅkā in Ceylon; in R. v, 10, 17 &c. they are fully described; cf. also, IW. 310; RTL. 237), Kauś.; Up. &c.
a king of the Rakṣas g. parṣv-ādi | पर्ष्व्-आदि |
(with Jainas) one of the 8 classes of Vyantaras, L.
N. of the 30th Muhūrta, L.
of one of the astronomical, Yogas.; Col.
of a minister of Nanda, Mudr.
of a poet, Cat. (cf. below)
rākśasa | राक्शस | m. n. the 49th year in the Jupiter cycle of 60 years, VarBṛS.