Editing Rakshasa (section)

== In fiction ==
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[[Rakshasa (Dungeons & Dragons)|Rakshasa]] have long been a race of villains in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role-playing game. They appear as animal-headed humanoids (generally with tiger or monkey heads) with their hands inverted (the palms of its hands are where the backs of the hands would be on a human). They are masters of necromancy, enchantment and illusion (which they mostly use to disguise themselves) and are very hard to kill, especially due to their partial immunity to magical effects.  They ravenously prey upon humans as food and dress themselves in fine clothing.<ref>Monster Manuel Core Rulebook III V3.5 Cook, Tweet, Williams</ref> This version of the rakshasa was heavily inspired by an episode of ''[[Kolchak: The Night Stalker]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enworld.org/threads/q-a-with-gary-gygax.22566/post-2600401|title=TSR - Q&A with Gary Gygax|date=29 August 2002 }}</ref> entitled "Horror in the Heights," which aired on December 20, 1974.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

Rakshasa appears in the ''[[Unicorn: Warriors Eternal]]'' episode "Darkness Before Dawn". He is a humanoid tiger similar to the ''D&D'' depiction. This version is a fierce but benevolent guardian of the jungle who allies with [[Merlin]] against the Evil.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaldor |first1=David |title=Review: Unicorn: Warriors Eternal "Darkness Before the Dawn" |url=https://www.bubbleblabber.com/2023/06/review-unicorn-warriors-eternal-darkness-before-the-dawn/ |access-date=22 June 2023 |work=Bubbleblabber |date=17 June 2023}}</ref>

In the film ''[[World War Z (film)|World War Z]]'', Rakshasa were mentioned in reference to the zombies in India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Agrawal |first1=Sahil |title="World War Z" As Mindless As Its Undead |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/7/4/world-war-z-brad-pitt-zombie-forster-paramount/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |work=The Harvard Crimson |date=4 July 2013}}</ref>

In the Korean comic "Special Civil Servant" the most feroucious enemies are known as the rakshasas, being of extreme evil and uglyness. <ref>https://www.webtoons.com/fr/action/special-civil-servant/list?title_no=7053</ref>