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Trishira () is a rakshasa prince featured in the Ramayana. He is one of the sons of Ravana and Dhanyamalini and his brothers are Atikaya, Narantaka and Devantaka.

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The three-headed rakshasa Trishiras sits in lalitasana on a throne facing a fire altar in which a severed head is burning.jpg
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Trishira
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Trishira sits in lalitasana on a throne facing a fire altar in which a severed head is burning - Trichinopoly style painting
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Ravana
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Dhanyamalini
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AtikayaNarantakaDevantaka
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Trishira () is a rakshasa prince featured in the Ramayana. He is one of the sons of Ravana and Dhanyamalini and his brothers are Atikaya, Narantaka and Devantaka.

==Legend== The Ramayana states that Trishira engaged Rama in a fight and hit him with a number of arrows. At this, Rama told him that his arrows were like flowers being showered on his body. Thereafter, a duel ensued, in which Rama killed Trishira.

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