Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1721

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1721

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c7.1721

KĀLAKĀMUKHA (KĀLAKĀMMUKA). A Rākṣasa. He was the brother of Prahasta, Rāvaṇa's Minister. (For Genealogy, see under Prahasta). During Śrī Rāma's life in the forest Kālakāmukha was also among Khara, Dūṣaṇa and others. The other eleven members of this group were—Śyenagāmī, Pṛthugrīva, Yajñaśatru, Vihaṅgama, Durjaya, Karavīrakṣa, Paruṣa, Meghamālī, Mahāmālī, Sarpāsya and Rudhirāśana. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, 26th Sarga).

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit