brahmarakshasa

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Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मराक्षस (brahmarākṣasa).

Noun[edit]

brahmarakshasa (plural brahmarakshasas)

  1. (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.
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