Note 112 — Chapter V · WORSHIP OF THE MALEVOLENT DEAD.
Reading edition
The exploits of some of the rākshasas are described in the Mahābhārat, Bhāgvat and the Rāmāyan. For instance, the misdeeds of Jarāsandh, Ghatotkacha and Hedamba are described in the Mahābhārat; those of Kansa, Bānāsur, Pralambāsur, Adhāsur, Dhenukāsur, Kālanemi, Shankāsur and Vritrāsur in the Bhāgvat; and those of Rāvan, Kumbhakarna and Indrajit in the Rāmāyan.112