Rakṣas / Rākṣasas
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Rakṣas · rākṣasas · the oppressors
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
The Rakṣas/rākṣasas, a class of malevolent demons repeatedly driven off by protective plants and amulets.
Do thou, the Pīlu tree, drive off the rākṣasas together with Indra the ally.
Thousand-stalked, mighty, sharp-twigged, withstanding poison — with Darbha we burn away all Rakṣases and all afflictions.
As thou didst press back the furrow while ripening, O lord of the forest — even so, O Pīlu tree, drive off the rākṣasas together with Indra the ally.
Rigveda
Class of hostile demons repeatedly driven away or scorched by Indra and Agni.
He of the burning head — let him scorch those rākṣasas who hate the sacred word and deserve the arrow of slaying.
He who, the bull, drives back the rākṣasas with his bright and pure flame — may he carry us across and beyond the hostile.
Drive away the Rakṣas;