راكشس

राक्षस rākshas, adj. Of or belonging to a demon, demoniacal, fiendish, infernal; infested by demons;—s.m. An evil or malignant spirit, demon, devil, fiend, imp, goblin;—(fig.) a great eater, gormandizer; a form of marriage (=rākshas-byāh, q.v.);—one of the astronomical yogasor divisions of the moon's path: (the Rākshas plays an important part in Hindūmythology, and is divisible into three classes; 1˚, the kind which has a demi-celestial nature and is ranked with the attendants on Kuvera; 2˚, the kind answering more to a demon, goblin, imp, or fiend, going about at night, haunting cemeteries, disturbing sacrifices and devout men, animating dead bodies, ensnaring and devouring human beings; 3˚, the kind approaching more to the idea of a Titan or relentless enemy of the gods in a superhuman or incarnate form, such as Rāvan):—rākshas-byāh, s.m. One of the eight forms of marriage (the violent seizure and rape of a girl after the repulse or destruction of her relatives):—rākshas-belaor velā, s.f. The time when evil spirits are abroad, the period included between sunset and night, the evening twilight.