Bhásakama

Family: Rákshases · Role: captain · First appears: Book V, Canto 46 · The Captains

Life events

• Rávaṇ sent the five captains to capture the monkey, and they hastened forth.(Book V, Canto 46 · The Captains)
  • With: Rávaṇ Durdhar Yúpáksha Virúpáksha (one of the five generals) Praghas
  • “Go forth,” he cried, “with car and steed, And to my feet this monkey lead, But watch each chance of time and place To seize this thing of silvan race.”
• Bhásakama and Praghas were crushed beneath the mountain peak hurled by the Vánar.(Book V, Canto 46 · The Captains)
  • With: Praghas
  • “He hurled it on the pair: and they Crushed, overwhelmed, beneath it lay.”

Book V, Canto 46 · The Captains

• lord: Rávaṇ “King Rávaṇ summoned to his side The valiant five who led his host, Supreme in war and honoured most. “Go forth,” he cried, “with car and steed, And to my feet this monkey lead,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Rámáyan of Válmíki. Made with Rho MD.