rakshasa

English

a sculpture of Ravana the rakshasa, 18th century

Etymology

From Sanskrit राक्षस (rākṣasa).

Noun

rakshasa (plural rakshasas)

(Hinduism) A member of a race of mythical fanged demons that eat human flesh and blood, somewhat like vampires.
- 2006, Mastodon (lyrics and music), “Circle of Cysquatch”:
  A race of one-eyed beings / All feared and shunned / Rakshasa demon

Translations

(Indian religions) a type of demon

Assamese: ৰাক্ষস (rakhox)
Bengali: রাক্ষস (bn) m (rakkhoś)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅剎／罗刹 (zh) (luóchà)
Hindi: राक्षस (hi) m (rākṣas)
Japanese: 羅刹天 (ja) (らせつてん, rasetsuten), 羅刹 (ja) (らせつ, rasetsu)
Khmer: រក្សសៈ (rĕəʼksaʼsaʼ), រាក្ស័ស (km) (riəksah)
Korean: 나찰 (nachal), 라찰 (rachal) (North Korea)
Malay: raksasa (ms)
Manchu: ᡵᠠᡴᡧᠠ (rakša)
Marathi: राक्षस m (rākṣas)
Russian: ракша́са m (rakšása)
Sanskrit: राक्षस (sa) m (rākṣasa)
Thai: รากษส (râak-sòt)
Urdu: راکھشس m (rākṣas)
Vietnamese: La Sát

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