kind of harmful (nocturnal) demon, usually making the water its haunt and devouring men Thag.931; Snp.310 (Asura˚) Ja.i.127 (daka˚ = udaka˚), Ja.i.170 (id.); Ja.vi.469 (id.); Dhp-a.i.367 (˚pariggahit …

…Asuras and Rakkhasas (Rakṣasas) Snp.310 (defined by Bdhgh at Snp-a.323 as pabbata-pāda-nivāsino…

…(thalajā d pupphā);

• -rakkhasa a water-sprite Ja.i.127, Ja.i.170 Ja.vi.469.

= udaka, aphaeretic from combinations like…

…sagaha having crocodiles, full of e. (of the ocean) (+ sarakkhasa) Iti.57. Cp. gahaṇa & saṃ˚.

Sk. graha,…

…genii grouped with Yakkhas, Rakkhasas and Asuras SN.ii.258 (k˚ puriso vehāsaṃ gacchanto); Ja.i.204; Ja.iii.147 (with def.); Mil.267;…

…a cup for w. AN.i.250.

• -rakkhasa a water-sprite Dhp-a.iii.74
• -rahada a lake (of w.) DN.i.74,…

…are mentioned with devas rakkhasas, dānavas, gandhabbas, kinnaras and mah’oragas at Ja.v.420. According to Vv-a.333 Sakka, the 4 great kings…