rakshasa

Example Sentences

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From the crafty ebullience of a rakshasa with a new idea into a gossipy Malayali with a scandal to spread.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Sagara, an early king of Ayodhya, had sixty thousand sons, whom he sent out one day to recover a horse that had been designed for the great sacrifice, but had been stolen by a rakshasa.

From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner

Near them dwelt a horrible rakshasa, Surpanakha by name, who fell in love with Rama.

From National Epics by Rabb, Kate Milner