Rākṣasas of Laṅkā
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rākṣasas · night-wanderers · Rākṣasas · inhabitants of Laṅkā · night-rangers · night-roaming beings · night-roaming rākṣasas · night-roaming shapeshifters · the people of Laṅkā · the rākṣasas
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The demon inhabitants and guards of Laṅkā, described both as its formidable military defense and, once Hanūmān enters, as its varied nighttime populace.
It was guarded by many fanged warriors, terrible rākṣasas holding spears and battle-axes in their hands, like a cave of venomous serpents.
It was well-guarded by Rāvaṇa on account of his abduction of Sītā, and patrolled on all sides by rākṣasas carrying fierce bows.
and the night-wanderers too stirred forth to sport — those of most wondrous and dread disposition.