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  • Well, by a guy named Rakshasa, which is surely close enough.

    Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008

  • Indian folk-tales, however, the character ascribed to the Jinn, as here, has been borrowed from the Rakshasa, which is Hindu in origin, and an ogre in every sense of the European word.

    Tales of the Punjab Flora Annie Steel 1888

  • More probably the origin is a Marchen of a kind of Rakshasa fatal to women.

    A Collection of Ballads Andrew Lang 1878

  • Sanscrit term, "Rakshasa;" but this word is quite as vague as jikininki, since there are many kinds of Rakshasas.

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Lafcadio Hearn 1877

  • Interesting what your DM did with the Dark Sphinx and the female Rakshasa.

    Second Curse of the Crimson Throne “Escape From Old Korvosa” Session Summary Posted « Geek Related 2009

  • Rakshasa: Rak-sha-sa One class of asuric beings who are sometimes cannibals and who are at the extreme of darkness and ignorance, living as they do as parasites upon the energy and life of other human beings.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • Rakshasa: Rak-sha-sa One class of asuric beings who are sometimes cannibals and who are at the extreme of darkness and ignorance, living as they do as parasites upon the energy and life of other human beings.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • Rakshasa: Rak-sha-sa One class of asuric beings who are sometimes cannibals and who are at the extreme of darkness and ignorance, living as they do as parasites upon the energy and life of other human beings.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • His maternal parentage made him half-Rakshasa giant, and gave him many magical powers that made him an important fighter in the Kurukshetra war, the climax of the epic.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Michael James 2009

  • He was the famous, rather notorious Amatya Rakshasa, who had earned the nickname of Rakshasa, because of his tough stands.

    Book: Rule the World -The way Idid...Chanakya 2008

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