Question

One of these beings has a dream in which a man rises into the heavens while another of these beings rides a donkey and falls into a pile of dung. Karna uses the Vasavi Shakti against a figure whose mother was one of these beings; that figure grows in size as he dies and crushes an entire unit of the Kaurava army. In a duel, one of these beings becomes invisible and uses a trap of a million snakes against his opponent. One of these beings defeats the vulture king Jatayu (10[1])(“juh-TAH-yoo”) and clips his wings. In an (-5[1])epic, (10[1])an army of monkeys and bears hurl stones to build a bridge to these beings’ domain. One of these beings transforms into a golden deer so that their king can abduct Rama’s (10[1])wife Sita. For 10 points, name these demon-like beings who reside in Lanka and are led by Ravana. (0[1])■END■

ANSWER: rakshasas (“ROCK-shuh-suhs”) [or rāksasas; or rakkhasas; accept asuras; prompt on demons until read] (The first three lines refer to Trijāta, Ghatotkacha, and Indrajit.)
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