A History of Indian Literature v2.c20.s3.68

v2.c20.s3.68

¹ This is obviously a realistic explanation of the epithet of Rāvaṇa, who in Rāmāyaṇa, III, 9 f., is a ten-headed monster, and is therefore called Daśagrīva or Daśānana. See Chintaharan *Chakravarti* in Ind. Hist. Qu. 1, 1925, 779 ff. G. *Ramadas* (Ind. Hist. Qu. 5, 1929, 281 ff.) has shown that in many passages in the Rāmāyaṇa Rāvaṇa has only one head and one face. The interpretation of the "monkeys" as Vidyādharas with monkeys on their banner, is also realistic.