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too much fancruft

needs to be split --Dangerous-Boy 23:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

artwork

Mongoose publisher is a pen and paper RPG publisher, is it appropriate to have this artwork on an article on Hindu mythology? Obonicus 08:16, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

cannibalism

The article states many rakshasa were cannibals, but shouldn't this be "man-eaters"? I doubt that they are feeding among themselves, but they are eating humans, which does not qualify them as cannibals. Greetings, --88.77.210.102 (talk) 23:47, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meanings in other languages

In Indonesian, Raksasa in common usage simply means "giant". From a quick Googling, it's the same in Malay/Malaysian (the sister language of Indonesian). I added a note to this effect, but I'm not sure how to source it without referencing the Indonesian Wikipedia. Probably it needs references added from Malaysian and Indonesian dictionaries (which I don't have handy, and I can't find an authoritative one online).

At the top of the page it translates the word to Malay as raksasa. I didn't modify this - I can't say whether the mythological meaning of raksasa is widely understood in Malaysia. (Nor Indonesia - I speak Indonesian and have spent 2.5 years there, but have never come across the mythological use of the work. Many Indonesians have a passing familiarity with the legends, though.)

Note that:

Giant (mythology) is interlanguage linked with id:Raksasa
Rakshasa is interlanguage linked with id:Raksasa (mitologi Hindu dan Buddha). (You can probably guess that "mitologi Hindu dan Buddha" means "Hindu and Buddhist mythology".) --Chriswaterguy talk 00:00, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

demons

According to one's receptiveness - whether one be a devata, asura, Yaksa or Raksasa - Krsna's quality is proportionately exhibited Although Prahlada's mother was in the conditional state and was the wife of a demon, even Yaksas, Raksasas, women, sudras and even birds and other lower living entities can be elevated to the acyuta-gotra, the family of the Supreme Personality of Godhead B Because atheists are Raksasas, they dare to do things that are most abominable, and thus they are punished without fail Brahma, the head of the demigods, full of anxiety, asked them, "Do not eat me, but protect me. You are born from me and have become my sons. Therefore you are Yaksas and Raksasas" O One cannot judge whether a person is a devata, an asura or a Raksasa by seeing him, but a sane man can understand this by the activities such a person performs S Salva begged from Lord Siva the gift of an airplane which would be so strong that it could not be destroyed by any demigod, demon, human being, Gandharva or Naga, or even any Raksasa T The leader of the Yaksas and Raksasas is Kuvera, the master treasurer of the demigods, and he is a representation of the Supreme Lord

Categories: Names of Races | Demons | Good and Bad - Umbrella Category http://www.vaniquotes.org/wiki/Category:Raksasas 178.94.2.93 (talk) 22:42, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]