Rákshases — Minor Figures

22 figures from The Rámáyan of Válmíki who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Agniketu

warrior · first appears Book V, Canto 45 · The Seven Defeated

• Book VI, Canto 43 · The Single Combats · enemies with Ráma “To meet the royal Ráma came Wild Agniketu fierce as flame;”

Mahákapála

warrior · first appears Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death

• Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death · enemies with Ráma “Mahákapála seized, to strike His foeman down, a ponderous pike: Sthúláksha charged with spear to fling, Pramáthi with his axe to swing.”

Mitraghana

first appears Book VI, Canto 43 · The Single Combats

• Book VI, Canto 43 · The Single Combats · enemies with Ráma “To meet the royal Ráma came Wild Agniketu fierce as flame; Mitraghana, he who loved to strike”

Pramáthi

warrior · first appears Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death

• Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death · enemies with Ráma “And trusting still his ready bow He laid the fierce Pramáthi low,”

Raśmiketu

first appears Book VI, Canto 43 · The Single Combats

• Book VI, Canto 43 · The Single Combats · enemies with Ráma “With Raśmiketu, known and feared Where’er his ponderous flag was reared;”

Sthúláksha

warrior · first appears Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death

• Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death · enemies with Ráma “Mahákapála’s monstrous head Fell with the trenchant dart he sped. His good right hand in battle skilled Sthúláksha’s eyes with arrows filled,”

Yajnakopa

first appears Book VI, Canto 43 · The Single Combats

• Book VI, Canto 43 · The Single Combats · enemies with Ráma “And Yajnakopa whose delight Was ruin of the sacred rite.”

Śyenagámí

chief · first appears Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death

• Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death · enemies with Ráma “With Śyenagámí and the rest Of his twelve chiefs he onward pressed, And every giant as he went A storm of well-wrought arrows sent.”
• Book III, Canto 26 · Dúshan’s Death · lord: Khara “With Śyenagámí and the rest Of his twelve chiefs he onward pressed,”

Avindhva

counsellor · first appears Book V, Canto 37 · Sítá’s Speech

• Book V, Canto 37 · Sítá’s Speech · lord: Rávaṇ “Avindhva prudent, just, and old, The giant’s fall has oft foretold; But Fate impels him to despise His word on whom he most relies.”

Bhásakama

captain · first appears Book V, Canto 46 · The Captains

• 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,”