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Definition of Rakshas
1. an evil spirit [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rakshas
Literary usage of Rakshas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Deccan Days: Or, Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Mary Frere, Bartle Frere (1898)
"THE rakshas' PALACE. A GREAT while since there lived a Rajah who was left a
widower with two little daughters. Not very long after his first wife died, ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"But while they are so numerous and so powerful, the rakshas, like all the ogres
and giants in Fairyland, are also very stupid, and are easily outwitted by ..."
3. The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science, Philosophy by Caroline Ticknor, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Richard Stockton (1901)
"THE STUPID rakshas. SUPPOSE we take a glance at those famous Hindu demons, ...
Now the rakshas were very terrible creatures indeed, and in the minds of many ..."
4. The Satapatha-brâhmana: According to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School by Julius Eggeling (1900)
"Br. II, 7,— 1 Endow ye the rakshas with blood !' he says; for by (assigning to
them) the husks and the sweepings of the grain the gods deprived the rakshas ..."
5. Standard Supplementary Readers by William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart (1881)
"But it was not a temple, it was the house of a powerful rakshas; and the rakshas
came home just after they had got inside and had fastened the door. ..."
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