Khara
mythological figure · 1 work · 15 mentions · 26 anchored passages
night-roamer · that brother of fierce energy
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
A rākṣasa commander slain by Rāma in Janasthāna.
Then, at the instigation of Śūrpaṇakhā, all the Rākṣasas rose up — Khara, Triśiras, and the Rākṣasa Dūṣaṇa,
The slaying of Khara and Triśiras, the rising up of Rāvaṇa, the slaying of Mārīca, and the abduction of the Vaidehī —
"A certain rākṣasa named Khara, younger brother of Rāvaṇa, dwelling in Janasthāna, has been uprooting and harrying all the ascetics.