Prahasta
Sign in to saveIn the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, Prahasta (Sanskrit: प्रहस्त, IAST: prahasta, lit. he who has extended hands) was a powerful rakshasa warrior. He was the chief commander of Ravana's army of Lanka. He was the son of Sumali and Ketumathi. In Ramcharitmanas, he was Ravana's and Mandodari's virtuous son who withdraws from the war. In his next birth, Prahasta was reborn as Purochana in the Mahabharata as Duryodhana's trusted aide and was the man responsible for the Lakshagraha incident.
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- Ramayana
- Character.family
- Father: Sumali (Ravana in Ramcharitmanas) Mother: Ketumati (Mandodari in Ramcharitmanas
- Character.children
- Jambumali
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In the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, Prahasta (Sanskrit: प्रहस्त, IAST: prahasta, lit. he who has extended hands) was a powerful rakshasa warrior. He was the chief commander of Ravana's army of Lanka. He was the son of Sumali and Ketumathi. In Ramcharitmanas, he was Ravana's and Mandodari's virtuous son who withdraws from the war. In his next birth, Prahasta was reborn as Purochana in the Mahabharata as Duryodhana's trusted aide and was the man responsible for the Lakshagraha incident.
==Legend== Prahasta was one of the ten sons of Sumali and Ketumati. He also had four sisters. One of them was Ravana's mother Kaikashi.
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