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	'''Subahu''' ({{Lang-sa\|सुबाहु}} {{IAST\|Subāhu}}, {{lang-ta\|சுபாகு}} {{IAST\|Cupāku}}, {{lang-kan\|ಸುಬಾಹು}}, [[Thai language\|Thai]]: ''Sawahu'') was a [[rakshasa]] character in the [[Ramayana]]. He and his mother, [[Tataka]], took immense pleasure in harassing the munis of the jungle, especially [[Vishvamitra]], by disrupting their [[yajna]]s with rains of flesh and blood.<ref>{{cite news\|date=1 July 2018\|access-date=22 January 2019\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/2018/jul/01/rama-brings-ahalya-back-to-her-living-form-1835161.html\|author=Gita Jnana Brahmacharini Sharanya Chaitanya\|title=Rama Brings Ahalya Back to Her Living Form\|work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>		'''Subahu''' ({{Lang-sa\|सुबाहु}} {{IAST\|Subāhu}}, {{lang-ta\|சுபாகு}} {{IAST\|Cupāku}}, {{lang-kan\|ಸುಬಾಹು}}, [[Thai language\|Thai]]: ''Sawahu'') was a [[rakshasa]] character in the [[Ramayana]].

	Vishvamitra approached [[Dasharatha]] for help in getting rid of these pestilences. Dasharatha obliged by sending two of his sons, [[Rama]] and [[Lakshmana]], to the forest with Vishvamitra, charging them to protect both the sage and his [[Sacrificial fire#Indo-European religions\|sacrificial fire]]s.{{cn\|date=January 2019}} When Subahu and [[Maricha]] again attempted to rain flesh and blood on the sage's yajna, Subahu was killed by Rama. <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.apamnapat.com/entities/Subahu.html\|title=Subahu - Asura Slain by Rama\|publisher=Indian Mythology\|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref>		==Story==
	[[Maricha]] escaped to Lanka. In the fear of Rama, he lived as a sage but was then ordered by [[Ravana]] to trick Rama into hunting him down. Maricha refused and tried to presaude Ravana to not do such a dreadful task but Ravana insisted and threatened to kill him. Maricha eventually decided to be killed by Rama since it was honourable to die at the hands of God rather than Ravana. He was eventually killed by Rama when he took the form deer.
			Subhu and his mother, [[Tataka]], took immense pleasure in harassing the munis of the jungle, especially [[Vishvamitra]], by disrupting their [[yajna]]s with rains of flesh and blood.<ref>{{cite news\|date=1 July 2018\|access-date=22 January 2019\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/2018/jul/01/rama-brings-ahalya-back-to-her-living-form-1835161.html\|author=Gita Jnana Brahmacharini Sharanya Chaitanya\|title=Rama Brings Ahalya Back to Her Living Form\|work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

			Vishvamitra approached [[Dasharatha]] for help in getting rid of these pestilences. Dasharatha obliged by sending two of his sons, [[Rama]] and [[Lakshmana]], to the forest with Vishvamitra, charging them to protect both the sage and his [[Sacrificial fire#Indo-European religions\|sacrificial fire]]s.{{cn\|date=January 2019}}

			When Subahu and [[Maricha]] again attempted to rain flesh and blood on the sage's yajna, Subahu was killed by Rama. <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.apamnapat.com/entities/Subahu.html\|title=Subahu - Asura Slain by Rama\|publisher=Indian Mythology\|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref>
			[[Maricha]] escaped to Lanka. In the fear of Rama, he lived as a sage but was then ordered by [[Ravana]] to trick Rama into hunting him down. Maricha refused and tried to presaude Ravana to not do such a dreadful task but Ravana insisted and threatened to kill him. Maricha eventually decided to be killed by Rama since it was honourable to die at the hands of God rather than Ravana. He was eventually killed by Rama when he took the form of a deer.

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox character
|image = Rama killed Subhahu, smote Maricha and hurled him afar off into the ocean.jpg
|caption = Rama killed Subhahu, smote Maricha and hurled him afar off into the ocean
|family= [[Tataka]]
}}

'''Subahu''' ({{Lang-sa|सुबाहु}} {{IAST|Subāhu}}, {{lang-ta|சுபாகு}} {{IAST|Cupāku}}, {{lang-kan|ಸುಬಾಹು}}, [[Thai language|Thai]]: ''Sawahu'') was a [[rakshasa]] character in the [[Ramayana]]. He and his mother, [[Tataka]], took immense pleasure in harassing the munis of the jungle, especially [[Vishvamitra]], by disrupting their [[yajna]]s with rains of flesh and blood.<ref>{{cite news|date=1 July 2018|access-date=22 January 2019|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/2018/jul/01/rama-brings-ahalya-back-to-her-living-form-1835161.html|author=Gita Jnana Brahmacharini Sharanya Chaitanya|title=Rama Brings Ahalya Back to Her Living Form|work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

Vishvamitra approached [[Dasharatha]] for help in getting rid of these pestilences. Dasharatha obliged by sending two of his sons, [[Rama]] and [[Lakshmana]], to the forest with Vishvamitra, charging them to protect both the sage and his [[Sacrificial fire#Indo-European religions|sacrificial fire]]s.{{cn|date=January 2019}} When Subahu and [[Maricha]] again attempted to rain flesh and blood on the sage's yajna, Subahu was killed by Rama. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apamnapat.com/entities/Subahu.html|title=Subahu - Asura Slain by Rama|publisher=Indian Mythology|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref>
[[Maricha]] escaped to Lanka. In the fear of Rama, he lived as a sage but was then ordered by [[Ravana]] to trick Rama into hunting him down. Maricha refused and tried to presaude Ravana to not do such a dreadful task but Ravana insisted and threatened to kill him. Maricha eventually decided to be killed by Rama since it was honourable to die at the hands of God rather than Ravana. He was eventually killed by Rama when he took the form deer.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ramayana}}

[[Category:Rakshasa in the Ramayana]]

{{Hindu-myth-stub}}
[[Category:Characters_in_the_Ramayana]]

Subahu - Revision history

->Marvelcanon1: Have moved the story under a heading and have fixed typo errors

136.185.151.41 at 08:46, 1 July 2021