Talk:Rakshas

1. The Epics only mention Rakshasas, not Rakshas. So the parts about the Mahabharata and Ramayana belong in the article on 'Rakshasa' 2. Rakshas is a plural of Raksha. (But it is not formed according to the rules of Sanskrit) The title of the article should be the singular 'Raksha'. 3. The female form of Raksha cannot possibly be Rakshasi. Rakshasi is the female form of the word Rakshasa. So unless someone can tell us the female form of Raksha, that bit should be deleted...

I say: delete this article
A Raksha is not the same as a Rakshasa. Raksha is a highly obscure term that should not have been added. Prater 09:41, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Looking at the history, one can see that the person who added all the details ALSO considers it a variant of Rakshasa, so I'm moving everything there (because that is the more common form), except Kipling's chatacter. Prater 22:05, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

P.S. The Kipling bit will have to go to raksha obviously. I don't know what I should do with this empty page though... Prater 22:13, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Raksha means to protect. Rakshas means demons.But not necessarily evil or disshaped.