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

• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸
• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's seven sons ॐ

• [ॐ
• Alambasa ॐ
• Alambuṣa ॐ
• Alāyudha ॐ
• Alumvusha ॐ
• Amarāri ॐ
• Aṅkūra - One of Kumbha's sons ॐ
• Anthkashur =very powerful in lanka ॐ
• Aśaniprabha ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's seven sons ॐ

B

• Bāka - Bakāsura's attendant ॐ
• Bakāsura ॐ
• Balāka ॐ
• Vibhīṣaṇa ॐ
• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• Bhīma ॐ
• Bhīmaratha ॐ
• Bhīṣaṇa ॐ
• Bhīṣma ॐ
• Bhūtagrasani - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Brahmāpeta - Dwells in the sun during the month of Māgha (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Iṣa (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

• Kārttika
  (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Varcā from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ
• Chantotkania ॐ

D

• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• Daruka ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's seven sons ॐ
• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• Dhoomralochana ॐ
• Vasiṣṭha
  to be a rakshasa for seventeen years ॐ
• Durgam ॐ
• Dūṣaṇa
  ॐ

E

• Ekajaṭā ॐ☸
• Srāvaṇa or Nabhas
  (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Varya from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ

G

• Mahābhārata
  ॐ

H

• Hari - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Harikeśi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Haripiṅgale - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Harīti - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Madhu (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) or Chaitra
  (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) ॐ
• Hidimba ॐ
• Hiḍimbī ॐ

I

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

J

• Jambūmālin - Killed by Hanuman ॐ
• Jarā
  - A rakshasi also known as Barmata or Bandi ॐ
• Jarāsandha ॐ
• Jaṭāsura ॐ
• Jāṭāsuri - Another name for Alaṁbuṣa ॐ

K

• Kabandha - A gandharva named Vishvavasu or Danu cursed by Indra or the sage Ashtavakra ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's mother ॐ
• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's uncle ॐ
• Kālapāśe - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Kālaśodari - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Kāli - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Vashishtha
  ॐ
• Kamalākṣi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Kamsa ॐ
• Karāli - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸
• Khara
  ॐ
• Kirmīra ॐ
• Kumbha ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's brothers ॐ
• Kumbhāṇḍi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Sumālī
  's four daughters ॐ
• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸
• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸

L

• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸
• Laṃbe - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸

M

• Makhāpeta - Dwells in the sun during the month of Ūrja (Bhāgavata Purāṇa). Replaces Yajñāpeta from the Viṣṇu Purāṇa ॐ
• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸
• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸
• Sumālī
  's younger brother ॐ
• Mālyavant ॐ
• Sumālī
  's elder brother ॐ
• Mandodari ॐ
• Māra - The prime antagonist in Buddhism, also known to be an asura or a deva ☸
• Rāma
  ॐ
• Malini ॐ
• Meghanāda - Another name of Indrajit ॐ

N

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

P

• Pauruṣeya - Dwells in the sun during the month of Śukra (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) or Jyēṣṭha or Śuci (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) ॐ
• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's seven sons ॐ
• Sumālī
  '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 Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸
• Sumālī
  '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
• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• Śaṃkhini - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra
  ☸
• Śikhaṇḍī ॐ
• Sinhikha ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's sister ॐ
• Sphūrja - Dwells in the sun during the month of Pauṣa (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Puṣya (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ
• Śrīmati - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Subāhu - Tāṛakā's son ॐ
• Sumālī
  's father ॐ
• Rāvaṇa
  's maternal grandfather ॐ
• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• samudri rakshasa - asura who lived in the underground water or sea/ocean ॐ

T

• Tāṛakā ॐ
• Trijaṭā ॐ
• 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
• Āśvin (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Tapas
  (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ
• Sumālī
  's four daughters ॐ
• Sumālī
  's ten sons ॐ
• Vātāpi ॐ
• 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 Mārgaśīrṣa (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Vidyucchatru from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ
• 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
• Yamadūti - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸
• Yamarākṣasi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸

Popular culture

• Rakshasa (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius)^[1]
• Princess Iron Fan - A character from the Journey to the West with the nickname Rākṣasī (羅剎女)
• Rākṣasa (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