Trishira
Trishira
Trishira sits in lalitasana on a throne facing a fire altar in which a severed head is burning - Trichinopoly style painting
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Narantaka
Devantaka

Trishira (Sanskrit: त्रिशिर, romanized: Triśira, lit. 'the three-headed one') is a rakshasa featured in the Ramayana. He is one of the sons of Ravana and Dhanyamalini and his brothers are Atikaya, Narantaka and Devantaka.[1]

Ramayana

The Ramayana states that Trishira engaged Rama in a fight and hit him with a number of arrows. At this, Rama told him that his arrows were like flowers being showered on his body. Thereafter, a duel ensued, in which Rama killed Trishira.[2]


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References

  1. ^ Mittal, J. P. (2006). History Of Ancient India (a New Version) : From 7300 Bb To 4250 Bc. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-269-0615-4.
  2. ^ "BOOK VI: Canto LXX.: The Death of Tris'iras". www.sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 13 May 2020.


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