brahmarakshasa

English

Alternative forms

• brahmarakshas

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मराक्षस (brahmarākṣasa).

Noun

brahmarakshasa (plural brahmarakshasas)

1. (Hindu mythology) The spirit of an evil Brahmin; a demon, an evil spirit.
   • 2002, V Sasikumar, Fantasy:

     A brahmarakshasa had been pestering the rishi to give his daughter in marriage to him.

   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 83:

     Buddhidan stood in his drawing room like a Brahmarakshas in a forest.