rAkzasa mf( I )n. ( fr. rakzas ) belonging to or like a Rakṣas , demoniacal, infested by demons, AitBr. &c. &c. (with vivAha , or Darma or viDi m. ‘one of the 8 forms of marriage’, the violent seizure or rape of a girl after the defeat or destruction of her relatives, see Mn. iii, 33 )
rAkzasa a. ( sI f. ) [ rakzasa idaM aR ] Belonging to or like an evil spirit, demoniacal, partaking of a demon's nature; munayo rAkzasImAhurvAcamunmattadfptayoH U. 5. 30 , Bg. 9. 12. — saH 1 A demon, an evil spirit, a goblin, fiend, imp. 2 One of the eight forms of marriage in Hindu Law, in which a girl is forcibly seized and carried away after the defeat or destruction of her relatives in battle; rAkzaso yudDaharaRAt Y. 1. 61 ; cf. Ms. 3. 33 also. (Kṛṣṇa carried away Rukmiṇī in this manner). 3 One of the astronomical Yogas . 4 N. of a minister of Nanda, an important character in the Mudrārākṣasa. 5 A king of the Rākṣasas. — sI 1 A female demon. 2 Laṅkā or Ceylon. 3 Night. 4 A larger tooth, tusk. Comp. — iMdraH N. of Rāvaṇa.