Purāṇa ॐ Vidyut - Dwells in the sun during the month of Mārgaśīrṣa (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Vidyucchatru from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ Vilambā - One of the Ten Rakshasis of the Lotus Sutra ☸ Virādha ॐ Vyāghra - Dwells in the sun during the month of Bhādrapada (Viṣṇu Purāṇa) or Nabhasya (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) ॐ Y Yajñāpeta - Dwells in the sun during the month of Phālguna (Viṣṇu Purāṇa). Replaces Makhāpeta from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa ॐ Yamadūti - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Yamarākṣasi - One of the seventeen rakshasis invoked at the start of the Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī Sūtra ☸ Popular Culture Rakshasa (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius) Princess Iron Fan - A character from the Journey to the West with the nickname Rākṣasī (羅剎女) Rākṣasa (羅剎) is a game piece in several Japanese variants of shōgi Rakshasa is mentioned in the movie World War Z as a fictional Hindi word for zombie. See also Asura Rakshasa (Dungeons & Dragons) Rigvedic deities References Rakshasas Buddhism-related lists