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.
Laṅkā cannot be conquered in battle even by the gods.
"No scope for conciliation is found among the rākṣasas;
The blessed nightfall had its faults dispelled by the bright rising of the Moon;