Hearing this the lord of the Rākşasas despatched a chosen band of demons named Kinkaras. (Literally it means servants—hero it means his own personal attendants who were brave and heroic.)
तच्छ्रुत्वा राक्षसेन्द्रेण विसृष्टा बहुदुर्जयाः। राक्षसाः किंकरा नाम रावणस्य मनोऽनुगाः॥