[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) › c8.96 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.96 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.96 - **Language:** English ### [c8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.96) MAHĀKAPĀLA II. A Rākṣasa who attacked Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa at Pañcavaṭī. In Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, 26th Sarga we read that when Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa fought with Khara, Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras there were three Rākṣasas named Mahākapāla, Sthūlakṣa and Pramāthin. - [Previous: c8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.95) - [Next: c8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.97) - [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.c8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.96) · Pramāṇa