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Rama fired his Astra (weapon) Manavastra (which could hit a target miles away) from his bow. The arrow struck Maricha's chest and threw him a hundred leagues away, into the ocean. In another version, Maricha fled to the ocean just by hearing the sound of Rama's bow. Subahu and the other demons were killed by Rama, using various other weapons.
There, Rama killed several demons, including Maricha, Subahu and Tataka and even freed Ahalya, wife of Rishi Gautama from a curse during his journey to Mithila, and thus proved his divinity. After that, both brothers accompanied Vishwamitra to the Mithila for the Svayamvara of Mithila's princess Sita, daughter of King Janaka .
Viradha, a man-eating demon encountered by Rama, from the Hindu epic 'Adhyatma Ramayana', 1802. Viradha had a special power in that he could not be killed with any weapon. Knowing this fact, Rama grounded and stood on him.
The demon tells Rama that Ravana abducted Sita and has taken her to Lanka. He advises Rama to form an alliance with Sugriva, without which Ravana will not be overcome. He advises Rama to negotiate a deal with Sugriva as per which Rama will kill Vali and end Sugriva's sorrows and in return, Sugriva would mobilize his forces to defeat Ravana.
Rama was an extremely powerful warrior and had knowledge of usage of many celestial astras. Rama single-handedly slayed the 14,000 demon hordes of Khara (in one hour, in the Ramayana), the demons Maricha and Subahu, Ravana's chief commander Prahasta and is responsible for the ultimate killing of Ravana himself.
Ravana is a demon-king [1] [2] ... In the War with Lord Rama, Ravana was killed by a powerful Brahma's weapon shot by Rama which was gifted to Rama by Sage Agstya.
Subahu was the son of Shambara, a demon slayed by Indra. Subahu, Maricha and Maricha's mother, Tataka, took immense pleasure in harassing the munis of the jungle, especially Vishvamitra, by disrupting their yajnas with rains of flesh and blood. [1] Vishvamitra approached Dasharatha for help in getting rid of these pestilences.
He was killed by Rama and Lakshmana when he attacked Rama after Shurpanakha's humiliation. After Lakshmana cut off Shurpanakha's nose and ears, Khara fought against Lakshmana and Rama. During this fight, Khara lost and was killed by Rama, who also killed his brothers Dushana and Trishiras. [6] Kumbhakarna: The second son of Vishrava and Kaikasi ...