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Brahmarakshasas were a regular feature in old Indian stories like Simhasana Dvatrimsika, [5] Panchatantra [6] [7] and other old wives tales. [8] As per these stories, brahmarakshasas, were powerful enough also to grant any boon, money, gold, if they became pleased with any person.
This version is a fierce but benevolent guardian of the jungle who allies with Merlin against the Evil. [ 31 ] In the film World War Z , Rakshasa were mentioned in reference to the zombies in India.
Daayans worship evil, "black magic spirits". [14] Many believe they are the handmaidens of goddesses, and are known as yoginis in local lore. The word daayan is used in many Hindi films, short films, Indian and Pakistani TV serials as well as in social media as a female, who does things that are not for the good cause or promote evil in society.
Although Yakshinis are usually benevolent, there are also yakshinis with malevolent characteristics in Indian folklore. Kalliyankattu Neeli, a powerful demoness who was finally destroyed by Suryakaladi nambudiri. Kanjirottu Yakshi (Chiruthevi) is a folkloric vampire. She was born into an affluent Padamangalam Nair tharavad by name Mangalathu at ...
Asuras connote the chaos-creating evil, in Indo-Iranian mythology about the battle between good and evil. [8] According to Finnish Indologist Asko Parpola, the word Asura was borrowed from Proto-Indo-Aryan into Proto-Uralic during an early period of contact, in the form *asera-, showing a meaning "lord, prince". [9]
In Hindu theology, arishadvarga or shadripu (Sanskrit: षड्रिपु; meaning the six enemies) are the six enemies of the mind, which are: kama (Desire/Lust), krodha (Anger), lobha (Greed), mada (Ego), moha (Attachment), and matsarya (Jealousy) additionally alasya (laziness).
Bhūta is a Sanskrit term that carries the connotations of "past" and "being" [2] and, because it has connection with "one of the most wide-spread roots in Indo-European — namely, *bheu/*bhu-", has similar-sounding cognates in virtually every branch of that language family, e.g., Irish (bha), English (be), Latvian (but) and Persian (budan).
Evil, by one definition, is being bad and acting out morally incorrect behavior; or it is the condition of causing unnecessary pain and suffering, thus containing a net negative on the world. [1] Evil is commonly seen as the opposite, or sometimes absence, of good.