Virūpākṣa
mythological figure · 2 works · 7 mentions · 11 anchored passages
the rākṣasa Virūpākṣa · the tawny one
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
One of five rākṣasa commanders dispatched by Rāvaṇa against Hanūmān.
Reaching a śāla tree and uprooting it, that monkey, son of the wind god, slew both those rākṣasa warriors.
He summoned Virūpākṣa, Yūpākṣa, the rākṣasa Durdhara, Praghasa, and Bhāsakarṇa — five leading commanders of his army.
That long-armed monkey, suddenly leaping upward and standing in the clear sky, was struck in the chest by those two with their war-clubs.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A deity named alongside Śarva and Bhava, invoked to strike down those about to speak a hostile word.
By Śarva of the blue topknot, by Bhava, father of the Maruts, by Virūpākṣa the tawny one — struck down are those who are about to speak a word.