brahmarakshasa
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editFrom Sanskrit ब्रह्मराक्षस (brahmarākṣasa).
Noun
editbrahmarakshasa (plural brahmarakshasas)
- (Hindu mythology) The spirit of an evil Brahmin; a demon, an evil spirit.
- 2002, V Sasikumar, Fantasy:
- A brahmarakshasa had been pestering the rishi to give his daughter in marriage to him.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 83:
- Buddhidan stood in his drawing room like a Brahmarakshas in a forest.