List of Rakshasas

Below is a non-exhaustive list of Rakshasas, a race of anthropomorphic spirits in Indian mythology. While many are malevolent, some are benevolent protectors of Dharma.

Rakshasas are male while Rakshasis are female.

Religious traditions that feature these entries are sorted using the following key:

• ॐ - Hinduism
• ☸ - Buddhism
• 卐 - Jainism

List in alphabetical order

A

• Acalā - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• Akampana - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• Aká¹£ayakumāra - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ

• [ॐ
• Alambasa ॐ
• Alambuá¹£a ॐ
• Alāyudha ॐ
• Alumvusha ॐ
• Amarāri ॐ
• AṅkÅ«ra - One of Kumbha's sons ॐ
• Anthkashur =very powerful in lanka ॐ
• Aśaniprabha ॐ
• Atikāya - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ

B

• Bāka - Bakāsura's attendant ॐ
• Bakāsura ॐ
• Balāka ॐ
• VibhÄ«á¹£aṇa ॐ
• Bhāsakarṇa - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• BhÄ«ma ॐ
• BhÄ«maratha ॐ
• BhÄ«á¹£aṇa ॐ
• BhÄ«á¹£ma ॐ
• BhÅ«tagrasani - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahamayuri Vidyarajni Sutra ☸
• Brahmāpeta - Dwells in the sun during the month of Māgha (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Iá¹£a (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ
• Budha - Dwells in the sun during the month of Āṣādha or Śukra (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Sahajanya from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ

C

• Cāpa - Dwells in the sun during the month of Kārttika (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Varcā from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ
• Chantotkania ॐ

D

• Daṇḍa - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ

• Devāntaka - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ
• DhÅ«mrāksa - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• Dhoomralochana ॐ
• Durdama - A gandharva cursed by Vasiṣṭha to be a rakshasa for seventeen years ॐ
• Durgam ॐ
• DÅ«á¹£aṇa ॐ

E

• Ekajaṭā ॐ☸
• Elapatra - Dwells in the sun during the month of Srāvaṇa or Nabhas (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Varya from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ

G

• Ghaá¹­otkaca - A half-rakshasa from the Mahābhārata ॐ

H

• Hari - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Harikeśi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Haripiṅgale - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• HarÄ«ti - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Heti - Dwells in the sun during the month of Madhu (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) or Chaitra (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) ॐ
• Hidimba ॐ
• HiḍimbÄ« ॐ

I

• Ilvala ॐ
• Indrajit - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons. Another name of Meghanāda ॐ

J

• JambÅ«mālin - Killed by Hanuman ॐ
• Jarā - A rakshasi also known as Barmata or Bandi ॐ
• Jarāsandha ॐ
• Jaṭāsura ॐ
• Jāṭāsuri - Another name for Alaṁbuá¹£a ॐ

K

• Kabandha - A gandharva named Vishvavasu or Danu cursed by Indra or the sage Ashtavakra ॐ
• KaikasÄ« - One of SumālÄ«'s four daughters Rāvaṇa's mother ॐ
• Kālakāmukha - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• Kālanemi - Rāvaṇa's uncle ॐ
• Kālapāśe - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Kālaśodari - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Kāli - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Kalmāṣapāda - A king of the Ikshvaku dynasty cursed by the sage Vashishtha ॐ
• Kamalāká¹£i - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Kamsa ॐ
• Karāli - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• KeśinÄ« - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• Khara ॐ
• KirmÄ«ra ॐ
• Kumbha ॐ
• Kumbhakarṇa - One of Rāvaṇa's brothers ॐ
• Kumbhāṇḍi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• KumbhÄ«nadÄ« - One of SumālÄ«'s four daughters ॐ
• KuntÄ« - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• KÅ«á¹­adantÄ« - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸

L

• Lambā - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• Laṃbe - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸

M

• Makhāpeta - Dwells in the sun during the month of Ūrja (Bhāgavata Purāṇa). Replaces Yajñāpeta from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa ॐ
• Makuá¹­adantÄ« - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• MālādhārÄ« - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• MālÄ« - SumālÄ«'s younger brother ॐ
• Mālyavant ॐ
• Mālyavān - Rāvaṇa's Chief Royal Adviser and SumālÄ«'s elder brother ॐ
• Mandodari ॐ
• Māra - The prime antagonist in Buddhism, also known to be an asura or a deva ☸
• MārÄ«ca - Ally of Rāvaṇa, killed by Rāma ॐ
• Malini ॐ
• Meghanāda - Another name of Indrajit ॐ

N

• Nairṛti - Guardian of the southwestern direction ॐ☸
• Narāntaka - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ
• NirṛtÄ« - Mother of the rakshasas and guardian of the southwestern direction ॐ☸
• Nikumbha - One of Rāvaṇa's generals who led the rakshasas against the host of monkeys and was slain. ॐ
• Nikumbhilā ॐ

P

• Pauruá¹£eya - Dwells in the sun during the month of Śukra (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) or Jyēṣṭha or Śuci (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) ॐ
• Prākvāta - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• Prahasta (Rāvaṇa's son) - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ
• Prahasta - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• Praheti - Dwells in the sun during the month of Mādhava (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) or Vaiśākha (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) ॐ
• Pralaṃbe - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Puá¹£padantÄ« - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• Puá¹£potkaṭā - One of SumālÄ«'s four daughters ॐ

R

• Rāvaṇa ॐ☸卐

S

• Sahajanya - Dwells in the sun during the month of Śuci (Bhāgavata Purāṇa). Replaces Budha from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa ॐ
• Sāṃhrāda - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• Śaṃkhini - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• SarvasattvojohārÄ« - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• Śikhaṇḍī ॐ
• Sinhikha ॐ
• Śūrpaṇakhā - Rāvaṇa's sister ॐ
• SphÅ«rja - Dwells in the sun during the month of Pauá¹£a (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Puá¹£ya (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ
• ŚrÄ«mati - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Subāhu - Tāṛakā's son ॐ
• Sukeśa - SumālÄ«'s father ॐ
• SumālÄ« - Rāvaṇa's maternal grandfather ॐ
• Supārśvā - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• samudri rakshasa - asura who lived in the underground water or sea/ocean ॐ

T

• Tāṛakā ॐ
• Trijaṭā ॐ
• Triśira - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ

V

• Varcā - Dwells in the sun during the month of Tapasya (Bhāgavata Purāṇa). Replaces Cāpa from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa ॐ
• Varya - Dwells in the sun during the month of Nabhas (Bhāgavata Purāṇa). Replaces Elapatra from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa ॐ
• Vāta - Dwells in the sun during the month of Āśvin (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Tapas (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ
• Vekā - One of SumālÄ«'s four daughters ॐ
• Vikaá¹­a - One of SumālÄ«'s ten sons ॐ
• Vātāpi ॐ
• VibhÄ«á¹£aṇa - Rāvaṇa's younger brother ॐ
• Vidyucchatru - Dwells in the sun during the month of Sahas (Bhāgavata Purāṇa). Replaces Vidyut from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa ॐ
• Vidyut - Dwells in the sun during the month of Mārgaśīrá¹£a (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Vidyucchatru from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ
• Vilambā - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
• Virādha ॐ
• Vyāghra - Dwells in the sun during the month of Bhādrapada (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Nabhasya (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ

Y

• Yajñāpeta - Dwells in the sun during the month of Phālguna (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Makhāpeta from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ
• YamadÅ«ti - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸
• Yamarāká¹£asi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the MahāmāyÅ«rÄ« Vidyārājñī SÅ«tra ☸

Popular culture

• Rakshasa (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius)
• Princess Iron Fan - A character from the Journey to the West with the nickname Rāká¹£asÄ« (羅剎女)
• Rāká¹£asa (羅剎) is a game piece in several Japanese variants of shōgi
• Rakshasa is mentioned in the movie World War Z as a fictional Hindi word for zombie.

See also

• Asura
• Rakshasa (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Rigvedic deities

References