Śūrpaṇakhā · Atlas

in the texts

A shape-shifting rākṣasī whose disfigurement by Rāma provokes the rākṣasa attack led by Khara.

Then, at the instigation of Śūrpaṇakhā, all the Rākṣasas rose up — Khara, Triśiras, and the Rākṣasa Dūṣaṇa,

The encounter with Anasūyā and the gift of the ointment, the conversation with Śūrpaṇakhā and her disfigurement —

While he was dwelling there, Śūrpaṇakhā — a Rākṣasī who dwelt in Janasthāna and could assume any form at will — was disfigured by him.