rakshasa
English
a sculpture of
Ravana
the rakshasa, 18th century
Etymology
From
Sanskrit
राक्षस
(
rākṣasa
)
Noun
rakshasa
(
plural
rakshasas
)
(
Hindu mythology
,
Hinduism
)
A member of a race of mythical fanged
demons
that eat human flesh and blood, somewhat like
vampires
.
Translations
(
Hinduism
) demon
Chinese:
Mandarin:
羅剎
(zh)
,
罗刹
(zh)
(
luóchà
)
Japanese:
羅刹天
(
rasetsuten
)
,
羅刹
(ja)
(
rasetsu
)
This article is issued from
Wiktionary
. The text is licensed under
Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
. Additional terms may apply for the media files.
