Akampana: A smuggler; one of Raavan’s closest aides
Arishtanemi: Military chief of the Malayaputras; right-hand man of Vishwamitra
Annapoorna Devi: A brilliant musician who lived in Agastyakootam the capital of the Malayaputras.
Ashwapati: King of the northwestern kingdom of Kekaya; father of Kaikeyi and a loyal ally of Dashrath
Bharat: Ram’s half-brother; son of Dashrath and Kaikeyi
Dashrath: Chakravarti king of Kosala and emperor of the Sapt Sindhu; father of Ram, Bharat, Lakshman and Shatrughan
Hanuman: A Naga and a member of the Vayuputra tribe
Indrajit: Son of Raavan and Mandodari
Janak: King of Mithila; father of Sita
Jatayu: A captain of the Malayaputra tribe; Naga friend of Sita and Ram
Kaikesi: Rishi Vishrava’s first wife; mother of Raavan and Kumbhakarna
Kanyakumari: Literally, the Virgin Goddess. It was believed that the Mother Goddess Herself temporarily resided in the bodies of carefully chosen young girls, who were then worshipped as living Goddesses.
Khara: A captain in the Lankan army; Samichi’s lover
Krakachabahu: The governor of Chilika
Kubaer: The chief-trader of Lanka
Kumbhakarna: Raavan’s brother; also a Naga
Kushadhwaj: King of Sankashya; younger brother of Janak
Lakshman: One of the twin sons of Dashrath; Ram’s halfbrother
Malayaputras: The tribe left behind by Lord Parshu Ram, the sixth Vishnu
Mandodari: Wife of Raavan
Mara: An independent assassin for hire
Mareech: Kaikesi’s brother; Raavan and Kumbhakarna’s uncle; one of Raavan’s closest aides
Nagas: Human beings born with deformities
Nandini: A good friend of Vishwamitra and Vashishtha from their days in the Gurukul. She was from the land of Branga.
Prithvi: A businessman in the village of Todee
Raavan: Son of Rishi Vishrava; brother of Kumbhakarna; half-brother of Vibhishan and Shurpanakha
Ram: Son of Emperor Dashrath and his eldest wife
Kaushalya; eldest of four brothers; later married to Sita
Samichi: Police and protocol chief of Mithila; Khara’s lover
Shatrughan: Twin brother of Lakshman; son of Dashrath and Sumitra; Ram’s half-brother
Shochikesh: The landlord of Todee village
Shurpanakha: Half-sister of Raavan
Sita: Daughter of King Janak and Queen Sunaina of Mithila; also the prime minister of Mithila; later married to Ram
Sukarman: A resident of Todee village; Shochikesh’s son
Sursa: An employee of the trader Naarad. She was passionately in love with Hanuman, despite his vow of celibacy.
Suryavanshis: The descendants of the Sun God. This dynasty of kings and queens was founded by Emperor Ikshvaku.
Vaanars: The Vaanars were the powerful dynasty that ruled the land of Kishkindha along the Tungabhadra River.
Vali: The king of Kishkindha
Vashishtha: Raj guru, the royal priest of Ayodhya; teacher of the four Ayodhya princes
Vayuputras: The tribe left behind by Lord Rudra, the previous Mahadev
Vedavati: A resident of Todee village; Prithvi’s wife
Vibhishan: Half-brother of Raavan
Vishrava: A revered rishi; the father of Raavan, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishan and Shurpanakha
Vishwamitra: Chief of the Malayaputras; also, temporary guru of Ram and Lakshman
