A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1686
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1686
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SINHIKĀ. 1. A daughter of Daksha and wife of Kasyapa; also a daughter of Kasyapa and wife of Viprachitti. 2. A Rākshasī who tried to swallow Hanumān and make a meal of him. He allowed her to do so and then rent her body to pieces and departed. Her habit was to seize the shadow of the object she wished to devour and so drag the prey into her jaws.