rakshasa
rakshasa noun: a member of a race of mythical fanged demons that eat human flesh and blood, somewhat like vampires.
Noun
rakshasa (plural rakshasas)
- A member of a race of mythical fanged demons that eat human flesh and blood, somewhat like vampires.
- A race of one-eyed beings / All feared and shunned / Rakshasa demon2006, Mastodon, “Circle of Cysquatch”
rakshasa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rakshasa in Hindi
- (Indian religions) a type of demon
- राक्षस rākṣas
rakshasa in Tamil
- திசிலன்
rakshasa in Marathi
- (Indian religions) a type of demon
- राक्षस rākṣas
rakshasa in Urdu
- (Indian religions) a type of demon
- راکھشس rākṣas
More languagesFewer languages
- rakshasa in Bengali
- রাক্ষস rakkhoś
- rakshasa in Gujarati
- રાક્ષસ rākṣas
- rakshasa in Sanskrit
- राक्षस rākṣasa
- rakshasa in Assamese
- ৰাক্ষস rakhox
- rakshasa in Malay
- raksasa
- rakshasa in Indonesian
- raksasa
- rakshasa in Thai
- รากษส râak-sòt
- rakshasa in Vietnamese
- La Sát
Forms of rakshasa
| plural | rakshasas |
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Origin of rakshasa
Borrowed from Sanskrit राक्षस (rākṣasa).
Questions about rakshasa
- What does rakshasa mean?
- Rakshasa means a member of a race of mythical fanged demons that eat human flesh and blood, somewhat like vampires.
- What is rakshasa in Hindi?
- Rakshasa in Hindi is राक्षस (rākṣas). See Rakshasa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rakshasa?
- Rakshasa is a noun.
- What is the plural of rakshasa?
- The plural of rakshasa is rakshasas.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rakshasa (page history and authors); rakshasa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); રાક્ષસ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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