Foes Of Ram[edit]

Rakshasas

•Ravana, a Rakshasa, is the king of Lanka. He was son of a sage

named Vishrava and daitya princess Kaikesi. After performing severe penance for ten thousand years he
received a boon from the creator-god Brahma: he could henceforth not be killed by gods, demons, or
spirits. He is portrayed as a powerful demon king who disturbs the penances of rishis. Vishnu incarnates as
the human Rama to defeat him, thus circumventing the boon given by Brahma.
•Indrajit or Meghnadha, the eldest son of Ravana who twice defeated Rama and Lakshmana in battle,
before succumbing to Lakshmana. An adept of the magical arts, he coupled his supreme fighting skills with
various stratagems to inflict heavy losses on Vanara army before his death.
•Kumbhakarna, brother of Ravana, famous for his eating and sleeping. He would sleep for months at a
time and would be extremely ravenous upon waking up, consuming anything set before him. His monstrous
size and loyalty made him an important part of Ravana's army. During the war he decimated the Vanara
army before Rama cut off his limbs and head.
•Shurpanakha, Ravana's demoness sister who fell in love with Rama and had the magical power to take
any form she wanted. Lakshmana cut of Shurpanakha's nose when she tried to hurt Sita angered by
Rama's refusal to her proposal of marriage. It is she who asked Ravana to abduct Sita as revenge for her
insult.
•Subahu (Sanskrit: सुबाहु Subāhu, Tamil: சுபாகு Cupāku, Kannada: ಸುಬಾಹು, Thai: Sawahu), is
a rakshasa character in the Ramayana. He and his mother, Tataka, took immense pleasure in harassing
the munis of the jungle, especially Vishvamitra, by disrupting their yajnas with rains of flesh and blood.
[16] Vishvamitra approached Dasharatha for help in getting rid of these pestilences. Dasharatha obliged by
sending two of his sons, Rama and Lakshmana, to the forest with Vishvamitra, charging them to protect
both the sage and his sacrificial fires.[citation needed] When Subahu and Maricha again attempted to rain flesh
and blood on the sage's yajna, Subahu was killed by Rama.[17] Maricha escaped to Lanka. He was later
killed by Rama when he took the form dee