ten demon daughters ［十羅刹女］ ( jū-rasetsu-nyo): Also, ten rākshasa daughters, ten rākshasīs, or ten demonesses. The Sanskrit word rākshasa means demon, and rākshasī, female demon. The ten demon daughters appear in the “Dhāranī” (twenty-sixth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra and are described as protectors of those who uphold the sutra. They are Lambā, Vilambā, Kūtadantī (Crooked Teeth), Pushpadantī (Flowery Teeth), Makutadantī (Black Teeth), Keshinī (Much Hair), Achalā (Insatiable), Mālādhārī (Necklace Bearer), Kuntī, and Sarvasattvojohārī (Stealer of the Vital Spirit of All Living Beings). (Note: In his translation of the Lotus Sutra, Kumārajīva rendered into Chinese the meanings of the Sanskrit names of seven demon daughters, but transliterated the remaining three.) In the “Dharanī” chapter, these ten demon daughters, along with Mother of Demon Children, vow to shield and guard the sutra’s votaries. They speak to the Buddha in unison, saying, “If there are those who fail to heed our spells and trouble and disrupt the preachers of the Law, their heads will split into seven pieces like the branches of the arjaka tree.”