-
magical dhāraṇīs to
protect followers who also
uphold the sutra. Five
rakshasha are part of Mahakala's retinue. They are Kala and Kali,
husband and wife...
- Ramayana, Maricha, or
Mareecha (Sanskrit: मारीच, IAST: Mārīca), is a
rakshasha, who was
killed by Rama, the hero of the epic and an
avatar of Vishnu...
- into a
powerful Rakshasha and
possessor of
supernatural powers, that the
words spoken by the
madman were an
ancient verse, a
Rakshasha mantra, and that...
- Panchavati, on the
banks of
river Godavari. This
region had
numerous demons (
rakshashas). One day, a
demoness called Shurpanakha saw Rama,
became enamored of...
-
diverse issues, the
stereotypical notions of beauty. Her book, The
Pleasant Rakshasha,
recounts the tale of Karimuga, a
demon who is both
pleasant and beautiful...
-
negative and
suffering side of life with the
symbolism of evil,
asuras and
rakshashas; but in
small temples this
layer is
dispensed with. When present, this...
-
continued a
ferocious war to kill each other. Bhima's son
Ghatotkacha had a
rakshasha lineage, and his
powers of
illusion to
confuse the
enemies grew to enormous...
- a gollavâdu, who
warns her that it is a
trick for the
Rakshasha. On
telling this, a
Rakshasha appears after her, and she
rushes back to the kites' house...
- This wall is
actually the back of a 3
metres (9.8 ft)-tall
statue of the
rakshasha figure Jero Gede Mecaling. A
padmasana shrine is
located at the most sacred...
- version,
Vajrasattva impersonates Rudra and
seduces the latter's wife, the
rakshasha queen Krodhisvari.
Hayagriva is
reborn as the
resultant child, Vajrarakshasha...
