A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Raksasas
This page describes Raksasas which is located on page 12 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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The Markandeya Purana (Study) [by Chandamita Bhattacharya]
This incident supports the Rakshasa form of marriage. Thus Rakshasa marriage seems to be more acceptable at that time. But in the present time more examples of Prajapatya and Gadharva marriage are found. Another three customs relating to marriage are monogamy, polygamy and polyandry....
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Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
At that moment he saw a horrible rakshasa monster approaching....
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List of Mahabharata people and places [by Laxman Burdak]
(rakshasa, रक्षस) (I.59.7), (I.65),(I.60.7), (1.66),(I.60.53), (1.66),(I.61.1), (1.67),(I.61.87), (1.67), (III.164.30),(III.170.8), (IV.2.11),(VI.68.9),(VIII.4.44),(IX.36.21),(IX.44.7),(IX.44.26), Rakshita (rakshita, रक्षिता) (L) (I.59.48), (I.65), Rakshogriva (rakshogriva, रक्षॊग्रीव) (XIII.4.52), (XIII.4), Raktanga (raktanga, रक्ताङ्ग) (N) (I.52.16), (I.57), Rama (rama, राम) (I.60.47), (1.66),(I.61.70), (1.67),(II.31.15), (III.48.38),(VIII.4.52),(XIII.116.67), (XIII.115), Rama tirtha (rama tirtha...
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