Some of the Rākşasīs were grim-visaged and some hot-natured, quarrelsome and had darts andmaces in their hands. And some terrible Răks asīs of disfigured countenances, had smokycoloured hairs. And they were all continually drinking wine, always fond of liquor and meat, and all their bodies were sprinkled with blood for their living on gore and flesh.
शूलमुद्गरहस्ताश्च क्रोधनाः कलहप्रियाः॥ कराला धूम्रकेशिन्यो राक्षसीर्विकृताननाः। पिबन्ति सततं पानं सुरामांससदाप्रियाः॥ मांसशोणितदिग्धाङ्गीमा॑सशोणितभोजनाः। ता ददर्श कपिश्रेष्ठो रोमहर्षणदर्शनाः॥