Rakkhasa. untranslated

Rakkhasa. A minister of Sena I. He built a dwelling house, called after him, in the Abhayuttaravihāra. Cv.l.84.

Rakkhasā, Rakkhasas. A class of demons, chiefly nocturnal and harmful. They usually have their haunt in the water and devour men when bathing there. Some of them live in the sea, e.g., Thag.v.931; Snp. vs. 310; Ja.i.127; vi. 469; Dhp­a.i.367; iii.74; Mhv.xii.45, etc.