Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.272

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.272

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c8.272

MAKARĀKṢA. Son of the demon Khara. In the epic battle between Rāma and Rāvaṇa after the death of Kumbha and Nikumbha the most prominent fighter who entered the battle-field on the side of Rāvaṇa was Makarākṣa. He gave a great fight to Rāma but was in the end killed by him. (Sarga 79, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa).

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Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit