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| | Encyclopedia: Rakshasa |
 | | A rakshasa (Sanskrit: रक्षस, rakṣasa; alternately, raksasa or rakshas) is a demon or evil spirit in Hinduism. | | | A rakshasa (alternately, raksasa or rakshas) is a demon or evil spirit in Hinduism. | | | Lord Hanuman In Hinduism, Hanuman (Sanskrit: हनà¥à¤®à¤¾à¤¨, hanumÄna) is a vanara who aided Rama (an avatar of Vishnu) in rescuing his wife, Sita, from the Rakshasa king Ravana. |
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| | Rakshasa - definition of Rakshasa in Encyclopedia |
| | A rakshasa is a demon or evil spirit in Hindu mythology. | | | Rakshasas are notorious for disturbing sacrifices, harassing priests, devouring human beings, and so on. | | | The great 10-headed demon Ravana, enemy of Rama, was king of the rakshasas. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Rakshasa
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| | Hindu Scriptures |
| | The story of the birth of Rama and his brothers, their education and marriages, the exile of Sri Rama, the carrying off and recovery of Sita, his wife, the destruction of Ravana, the Rakshasa King of Lanka, and the reign of Sri Rama, are described in detail in Ramayana. | | | The ideal characters like Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata and Sri Hanuman that we find in Ramayana firmly established Hindu Dharma in our minds. | | | How a man should behave towards his superiors, equals, and inferiors, how a king ought to rule his kingdom, how a man should lead his life in this world, how he can obtain his release, freedom, and perfection, may be learnt from this excellent epic. |
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| | Sri Adi-Varaha |
| | You may just give Me the Deity that was taken here from the city of Indra. | | | He told Vibhishana, "O Rakshasa Vibishana, I shall not have anything to do with all this. | | | When Ravana's brother Vibishana was installed on the throne, he offered everything to Rama, but Rama refused the kingdom. |
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| | Kailasam Shiva -Kailasa Nathar Temple - Shivastalam |
| | There are two lakes here; one the rakshasa tal, where Ravana performed penances towards Shiva, and the other the Mansarovar, considered to be one of the 51 Sakth Peethams. | | | The Mansarovar lake is known as Cho Mapan. | | | Mount Kailash is located 20 miles from Mansarovar; it appears like a giant Shivalingam placed in a 16 petaled lotus. |
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| | Links and Readings |
| | If one wishes to be as general as fire, or as obscure as rakshasa, he will find what he is looking for: and if not, this will tell him he needs a resource more specific to what he is after. | | | This dictionary, covering more than 1100 terms from all classical and non-classical mythologies, is a ready and convenient reference aid for general reader, for quick and handy elucidation of the meaning or identity of a deity or mythological term ordinarily encontered in general literature |
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