Meanings
nounbrahmarakshasa (plural brahmarakshasas)
plural brahmarakshasas · alternative brahmarakshas
- Hindu mythologyThe spirit of an evil Brahmin; a demon, an evil spirit.
Buddhidan stood in his drawing room like a Brahmarakshas in a forest.
2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 831 more example
A brahmarakshasa had been pestering the rishi to give his daughter in marriage to him.
2002, V Sasikumar, Fantasy
Origin
- Sanskritब्रह्मराक्षस
- Englishbrahmarakshasa
From Sanskrit ब्रह्मराक्षस (brahmarākṣasa).
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