Below is a non-exhaustive list of Rakshasas, a race of anthropomorphic spirits in Indian mythology. While many are malevolent, some are benevolent protectors of Dharma.
Rakshasas are male while Rakshasis are female.
Religious traditions that feature these entries are sorted using the following key:
ॐ - Hinduism
☸ - Buddhism
卐 - Jainism
List in alphabetical order
A
Acalā - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
Akampana - One of Sumālī's ten sons ॐ
Akṣayakumāra - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ
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Alambasa ॐ
Alambuṣa ॐ
Alāyudha ॐ
Alumvusha ॐ
Amarāri ॐ
Aṅkūra - One of Kumbha's sons ॐ
Anthkashur =very powerful in lanka ॐ
Aśaniprabha ॐ
Atikāya - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ
B
Bāka - Bakāsura's attendant ॐ
Bakāsura ॐ
Balāka ॐ
Vibhīṣaṇa ॐ
Bhāsakarṇa - One of Sumālī's ten sons ॐ
Bhīma ॐ
Bhīmaratha ॐ
Bhīṣaṇa ॐ
Bhīṣma ॐ
Bhūtagrasani - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Brahmāpeta - Dwells in the sun during the month of Māgha (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Iṣa (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ Budha - Dwells in the sun during the month of Āṣādha or Śukra (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Sahajanya from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ
C
Cāpa - Dwells in the sun during the month of Kārttika (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Varcā from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ Chantotkania ॐ
D
Daṇḍa - One of Sumālī's ten sons ॐ
Daruka ॐ
Devāntaka - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons ॐ
Dhūmrāksa - One of Sumālī's ten sons ॐ
Dhoomralochana ॐ
Durdama - A gandharva cursed by Vasiṣṭha to be a rakshasa for seventeen years ॐ
Durgam ॐ
Dūṣaṇa ॐ
E
Ekajaṭā ॐ☸
Elapatra - Dwells in the sun during the month of Srāvaṇa or Nabhas (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Varya from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ
G
Ghaṭotkaca - A half-rakshasa from the Mahābhārata ॐ
H
Hari - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Harikeśi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Haripiṅgale - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Harīti - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Heti - Dwells in the sun during the month of Madhu (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) or Chaitra (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) ॐ Hidimba ॐ Hiḍimbī ॐ
I
Ilvala ॐ
Indrajit - One of Rāvaṇa's seven sons. Another name of Meghanāda ॐ
J
Jambūmālin - Killed by Hanuman ॐ
Jarā - A rakshasi also known as Barmata or Bandi ॐ
Jarāsandha ॐ
Jaṭāsura ॐ
Jāṭāsuri - Another name for Alaṁbuṣa ॐ
K
Kabandha - A gandharva named Vishvavasu or Danu cursed by Indra or the sage Ashtavakra ॐ Kaikasī - One of Sumālī's four daughters Rāvaṇa's mother ॐ Kālakāmukha - One of Sumālī's ten sons ॐ Kālanemi - Rāvaṇa's uncle ॐ Kālapāśe - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Kālaśodari - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Kāli - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Kalmāṣapāda - A king of the Ikshvaku dynasty cursed by the sage Vashishtha ॐ Kamalākṣi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Kamsa ॐ Karāli - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Keśinī - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸ Khara ॐ Kirmīra ॐ Kumbha ॐ Kumbhakarṇa - One of Rāvaṇa's brothers ॐ Kumbhāṇḍi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Kumbhīnadī - One of Sumālī's four daughters ॐ Kuntī - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸ Kūṭadantī - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
L
Lambā - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸
Laṃbe - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸