[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1309 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1309 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1309 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1309) PANCHĀVATĪ. A place in the great southern forest near the sources of the Godāvarī, where Rāma passed a long period of his banishment. It has been proposed to identify it with the modern Nāsik, because Lakshmana cut off Sūrpa-nakhā’s nose (\*nāsika\*) at Panchāvatī. - [Previous: c5.1308](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1308) - [Next: c5.1310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1310) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1309) · Pramāṇa