राका राक्षा

राक्षस

राक्षस a. (सी f.) [रक्षस इदं अण्]
Belonging to or like an evil spirit, demoniacal, partaking of a demon's nature; मुनयो राक्षसीमाहुर्वाचमु- न्मत्तदृप्तयोः U. 5. 30, Bg. 9. 12.
−सः
1 A demon, an evil spirit, a goblin, fiend, imp.
2 One of the eight forms of marriage in Hindu Law, in which a girl is forcibly seized and carried away after the defeat or destruction of her relatives in battle; राक्षसो युद्धहरणात् Y. 1. 61; cf. Ms. 3. 33 also. (Kṛṣṇa carried away Rukmiṇī in this manner).
3 One of the astronomical Yogas.
4 N. of a minister of Nanda, an important character in the Mudrārākṣasa.
5 A king of the Rākṣasas.
−सी
1 A female demon.
2 Laṅkā or Ceylon.
3 Night.
4 A larger tooth, tusk.
−Comp.
−इंद्रः N. of Rāvaṇa.

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