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{{short description|List of Indian mythological creatures}}
Below is a non-exhaustive list of [[Rakshasa|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 [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[Akshayakumara|Akṣayakumāra]] - One of [[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
*[[Atikaya|Atikāya]] - One of [[Rāvaṇa]]'s seven sons ॐ

===B===
*[[Bāka (rakshasa)|Bāka]] - [[Bakāsura]]'s attendant ॐ
*[[Bakasura|Bakāsura]] ॐ
*[[Balāka]] ॐ
*[[Bhandasura|Vibhīṣaṇa]] ॐ
*[[Bhāsakarṇa]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[Bhīma (rakshasa)|Bhīma]] ॐ
*[[Bhīmaratha]] ॐ
*[[Bhīṣaṇa]] ॐ
*[[Bhīṣma]] ॐ
*[[Bhūtagrasani]] - One of the ''seventeen rakshasis'' invoked at the start of the ''[[Mahamayuri Vidyarajni Sutra]]'' ☸
*[[Brahmāpeta]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Magha (month)|Māgha]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'') or [[Tulā|Iṣa]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'') ॐ
*[[Budha (rakshasa)|Budha]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Ashadha|Āṣādha]] or [[Mithuna (month)|Śukra]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Sahajanya''' from the ''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'' ॐ

===C===
*[[Cāpa (rakshasa)|Cāpa]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Kartik (month)|Kārttika]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Varcā''' from the ''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'' ॐ
*[[Chantotkania]] ॐ

===D===
*[[Daṇḍa]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ

*[[Narantaka-Devantaka|Devāntaka]] - One of [[Rāvaṇa]]'s seven sons ॐ
*[[Dhūmrāksa]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[Dhoomralochana]] ॐ
*[[Durdama]] - A [[gandharva]] cursed by [[Vasiṣṭha]] to be a rakshasa for seventeen years ॐ
*[[Durgam]] ॐ
*[[Dushan (Ramayana)|Dūṣaṇa]] ॐ

===E===
*[[Ekajaṭā]] ॐ☸
*[[Elapatra]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Shraavana|Srāvaṇa]] or [[Siṃha|Nabhas]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Varya''' from the ''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'' ॐ

===G===
*[[Ghatotkacha|Ghaṭotkaca ]] - A half-rakshasa from the [[Mahābhārata]] ॐ

===H===
*[[Hari (rakhasi)|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'' ☸
*[[Heti]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Meṣa|Madhu]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'') or [[Chaitra]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'') ॐ
*[[Hidimba]] ॐ
*[[Hidimbi|Hiḍimbī]] ॐ

===I===
*[[Ilvala]] ॐ
*[[Indrajit]] - One of [[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
*[[Jarasandha|Jarāsandha]] ॐ
*[[Jatasura|Jaṭāsura]] ॐ
*[[Jāṭāsuri]] - Another name for [[Alaṁbuṣa]] ॐ

===K===
*[[Kabandha]] - A [[gandharva]] named '''Vishvavasu''' or '''Danu''' cursed by [[Indra]] or the sage [[Ashtavakra]] ॐ
*[[Kaikesi|Kaikasī]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s four daughters [[Rāvaṇa]]'s mother ॐ
*[[Kālakāmukha]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[Kālanemi]] - [[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 (rakhasi)|Kāli]] - One of the ''seventeen rakshasis'' invoked at the start of the ''Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra'' ☸
*[[Kalmashapada|Kalmāṣapāda]] - A king of the [[Ikshvaku]] dynasty cursed by the sage [[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'' ☸
*[[Keśinī]] - One of the [[Ten Rakshasis]] of the [[Lotus Sutra]] ☸
*[[Khara (Ramayana)|Khara]] ॐ
*[[Kirmira|Kirmīra]] ॐ
*[[Kumbha (rakshasa)|Kumbha]] ॐ
*[[Kumbhakarna|Kumbhakarṇa]] - One of [[Rāvaṇa]]'s brothers ॐ
*[[Kumbhāṇḍi]] - One of the ''seventeen rakshasis'' invoked at the start of the ''Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra'' ☸
*[[Kumbhīnadī]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s four daughters ॐ
*[[Kuntī (rakshasi)|Kuntī]] - One of the [[Ten Rakshasis]] of the [[Lotus Sutra]] ☸
*[[Kūṭadantī]] - 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 ''Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra'' ☸

===M===
*[[Makhāpeta]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Vṛścika|Ūrja]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Yajñāpeta''' from the ''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'' ॐ
*[[Makuṭadantī]] - One of the [[Ten Rakshasis]] of the [[Lotus Sutra]] ☸
*[[Mālādhārī]] - One of the [[Ten Rakshasis]] of the [[Lotus Sutra]] ☸
*[[Mali|Mālī]] - [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s younger brother ॐ
*[[Mālyavant]] ॐ
*[[Malyavan|Mālyavān]] - [[Rāvaṇa]]'s Chief Royal Adviser and [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s elder brother ॐ
*[[Mandodari]] ॐ
*[[Mara (demon)|Māra]] - The prime antagonist in Buddhism, also known to be an [[asura]] or a [[Deva (Buddhism)|deva]] ☸
*[[Maricha|Mārīca]] - Ally of [[Rāvaṇa]], killed by [[Rāma]] ॐ
*[[Mayasura|Malini]] ॐ
*[[Indrajit|Meghanāda]] - Another name of '''Indrajit''' ॐ

===N===
*[[Nairṛti]] - Guardian of the southwestern direction ॐ☸
*[[Narantaka-Devantaka|Narāntaka]] - One of [[Rāvaṇa]]'s seven sons ॐ
*[[Nirṛtī]] - 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===
*[[Pauruṣeya]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Mithuna (month)|Śukra]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'') or [[Jyeshtha (month)|Jyēṣṭha]] or [[Karkaṭa|Śuci]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'') ॐ
*[[Prākvāta]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[Prahasta (Rāvaṇa's son)]] - One of [[Rāvaṇa]]'s seven sons ॐ
*[[Prahasta]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[Praheti]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Vṛṣabha|Mādhava]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'') or [[Vaisakha|Vaiśākha]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'') ॐ
*[[Pralaṃbe]] - One of the ''seventeen rakshasis'' invoked at the start of the ''Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra'' ☸
*[[Puṣpadantī]] - One of the [[Ten Rakshasis]] of the [[Lotus Sutra]] ☸
*[[Puṣpotkaṭā]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s four daughters ॐ

===R===
*[[Rāvaṇa]] ॐ☸卐

===S===
*[[Sahajanya]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Karkaṭa|Śuci]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Budha''' from the ''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'' ॐ
*[[Sāṃhrāda]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[Śaṃkhini]] - One of the ''seventeen rakshasis'' invoked at the start of the ''Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra'' ☸
*[[Sarvasattvojohārī]] - One of the [[Ten Rakshasis]] of the [[Lotus Sutra]] ☸
*[[Śikhaṇḍī]] ॐ
*[[Sinhikha]] ॐ
*[[Shurpanakha|Śūrpaṇakhā]] - [[Rāvaṇa]]'s sister ॐ
*[[Sphūrja]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Pausha|Pauṣa]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'') or [[Pausha|Puṣya]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'') ॐ
*[[Śrīmati]] - One of the ''seventeen rakshasis'' invoked at the start of the ''Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra'' ☸
*[[Subahu|Subāhu]] - [[Tataka|Tāṛakā]]'s son ॐ
*[[Sukeśa]] - [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s father ॐ
*[[Sumali|Sumālī]] - [[Rāvaṇa]]'s maternal grandfather ॐ
*[[Supārśvā]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[samudri rakshasa]] - asura who lived in the underground water or sea/ocean ॐ

===T===
*[[Tataka|Tāṛakā]] ॐ
*[[Trijata|Trijaṭā]] ॐ
*[[Trishira|Triśira]] - One of [[Rāvaṇa]]'s seven sons ॐ

===V===
*[[Varcā]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Mīna|Tapasya]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Cāpa''' from the ''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'' ॐ
*[[Varya (rakshasa)|Varya]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Siṃha|Nabhas]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Elapatra''' from the ''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'' ॐ
*[[Vāta]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Ashvin|Āśvin]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'') or [[Kumbha (month)|Tapas]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'') ॐ
*[[Vekā]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s four daughters ॐ
*[[Vikaṭa]] - One of [[Sumali|Sumālī]]'s ten sons ॐ
*[[Vatapi (rakshasa)|Vātāpi]] ॐ
*[[Vibhishana|Vibhīṣaṇa]] - [[Rāvaṇa]]'s younger brother ॐ
*[[Vidyucchatru]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Dhanu (month)|Sahas]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Vidyut''' from the ''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'' ॐ
*Vidyut - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Agrahayana|Mārgaśīrṣa]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa''). Replaces '''Vidyucchatru''' from the ''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'' ॐ
*[[Vilambā]] - One of the [[Ten Rakshasis]] of the [[Lotus Sutra]] ☸
*[[Viradha|Virādha]] ॐ
*[[Vyāghra]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Bhadra (Hindu calendar)|Bhādrapada]] (''Viṣṇu Purāṇa'') or [[Kanyā|Nabhasya]] (''Bhāgavata Purāṇa'') ॐ

===Y===
*[[Yajñāpeta]] - Dwells in the sun during the month of [[Phalguna|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==
{{main|Rakshasa in fiction}}
*'''Rakshasa''' (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://exvius.gamepedia.com/Rakshasa|title=Rakshasa - FFBE Wiki}}</ref>
*[[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 [[shogi|shōgi]]
*''Rakshasa'' is mentioned in the movie ''World War Z'' as a fictional Hindi word for ''zombie''.

==See also==
*[[Asura]]
*[[Rakshasa (Dungeons & Dragons)]]
*[[Rakshasa family of Lanka]]

==References==
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{{HinduMythology}}
{{Ramayana}}

[[Category:Rakshasa|*]]
[[Category:Hinduism-related lists|Rakshasas]]
[[Category:Buddhism-related lists]]

List of Rakshasas - Revision history

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