[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.103 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.103 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.103 - **Language:** English ### [c8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.103) MAHĀMĀLĪ. A Rākṣasa hero of Rāvaṇa's army. He was killed in the battle at Pañcavaṭī between Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa on one side and Khara, Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras on the other, over the affair of Śūrpaṇakhā. Mahāmālī appeared on the scene as a commander of Khara's army. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, 26th Sarga). - [Previous: c8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.102) - [Next: c8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.104) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.103) · Pramāṇa