[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1249 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1249 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1249 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1249) AYOMUKHĪ. A Rākṣasa woman. She met Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa on their way to Mataṅgāśrama in search of Sītā, and requested Lakṣmaṇa to marry her. Lakṣmaṇa, as in the case of Śūrpaṇakhā cut off her nose and breasts and drove her away. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Chapter 69). - [Previous: c4.1248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1248) - [Next: c4.1250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1250) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.3.69) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1249) · Pramāṇa