[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) › c5.1467 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1467 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1467 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1467](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1467) When Hanumān entered the city of Lankā to reconnoitre in the form of a cat, he saw that “the Rākshasas sleeping in the houses were of every shape and form. Some of them disgusted the eye, while some were beautiful to look upon. Some had long arms and frightful shapes; some were very fat and some were very lean: some were mere dwarfs and some were prodigiously tall. Some had only one eye and others only one ear. Some had monstrous bellies, hanging breasts, long projecting teeth, and crooked thighs; whilst others were exceedingly beautiful to behold and clothed in great splendour. Some had two legs, some three legs, and some four legs. Some had the heads of serpents, some the heads of donkeys, some the heads of horses, and some the heads of elephants.”—(Rāmāyana.) - [Previous: c5.1466](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1466) - [Next: c5.1468](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1468) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1467](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1467) · Pramāṇa