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{{Infobox epic character
| series = [[Ramayana]]
| relatives =
| family = Father: [[Sumali]]<br>
Mother: Ketumati
| children = [[Jambumali]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mittal|first=J. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b7gOBW8oDFgC&q=Jambumali&pg=PA200|title=History Of Ancient India (a New Version) : From 7300 Bb To 4250 Bc|date=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0615-4|language=en}}</ref>
}}

In the [[Hindu]] epic the ''[[Ramayana]]'', '''Prahasta''' ([[Sanskrit]]: प्रहस्त, [[IAST]]: prahasta, lit. ''he who has extended hands'') was a powerful [[rakshasa]] warrior, chief commander of [[Ravana]]'s army of [[Lanka]]. He was son of [[Sumali]] and Ketumathi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Mittal|first=J. P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b7gOBW8oDFgC&q=Prahasta&pg=PA200|title=History Of Ancient India (a New Version) : From 7300 Bb To 4250 Bc|date=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0615-4|language=en}}</ref> In his next birth Prahastha was reborn as [[Purochana]] in the [[Mahabharata]] as [[Duryodhana]]'s trusted aide and who was responsible for the [[Lakshagraha]] incident.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Legend==
Prahastha was one of ten sons of [[Sumali]] and Ketumati. He also had four sisters. One of them was [[Ravana]]'s mother [[Kaikashi]].<ref name=":0" />

Prahasta was appointed as commander-in-chief of Ravana's army. He leads Ravana's army in the wars against [[Yama (Hinduism)|Yama]], [[Kubera]] and the [[Deva (Hinduism)|Devas]], and the [[Asuras]] and [[Daityas]], through which Ravana establishes his sovereignty over the three worlds. He also leads the initial Lankan response to the invasion led by [[Rama]], [[Lakshmana]], [[Sugriva]] and the [[Vanara]] army.{{cn|date=January 2017}}

Prahastha killed several important warriors of Sugriva's army and was actually proving to be a real threat to the army of Rama. As per one version of Ramayana, Prahastha was killed by Lakshmana. In another version, [[Nila (Ramayana)|Nila]] hurled a rock at Prahastha that broke his neck and killed him. (Valmiki Ramayana, book 6, canto 58, verses 53,54)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.valmikiramayan.net/yuddha/sarga58/utf8/yuddha_58_frame.htm|title=Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - Sarga 58|last=Rao|first=Desiraju Hanumanta|website=www.valmikiramayan.net|access-date=2017-01-02}}{{Dead link|date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Further reading==
*[[Ramesh Menon]] (2001), ''The Ramayana''.

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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* http://www.valmikiramayan.net/yuddha/sarga57/yuddha_57_prose.htm
* http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/vrm:prahasta

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