Demon of the Week 005

Kumbhakarnais a Rakshasa—a humanoid being of unrighteous spirit—who appears in the Indian Ramayana epic. He is one of Ravana's six brothers.

Despite his monstrous size and great hunger, Kumbhakarna was described to be of mostly good character, though he killed and ate many Hindu monks, just to show his power.

When the time came for asking a boon (blessing) fromBrahma, Kumbhakarna's tongue was tied by the goddessSaraswati, so he accidentally asked for "Nidraasana" (bed for sleeping). It is also...