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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.3005

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.3005

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### [c4.3005](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.3005)

CHĀYĀGRĀHI. A demoness who harassed Hanūmān on his flight to Laṅkā from the Bhārata shore. She, by a trick of the shade obstructed his path and Hanūmān realising the danger killed her by a blow with his left foot and sprang rather. (Sundara Kāṇḍa, Kampa Rāmāyaṇa).

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## Cites (1)

- [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit

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