A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1780
A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1780
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c5.1780
SU-RASĀ. A Rākshasī, mother of the Nāgas. When Hanumān was on his flight to Laṅkā against Rāvaṇa, she tried to save her relative by swallowing Hanumān bodily. To avoid this Hanumān distended his body and continued to do so, while she stretched her mouth till it was a hundred leagues wide. Then he suddenly shrank up to the size of a thumb, darted through her, and came out at her right ear.