Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1016
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1016
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6) Death of Indrajit. At the height of the fierce war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, Indrajit and Lakṣmaṇa clashed with each other. Finding victory impossible Indrajit created a fake Sītā and killed her. Thinking that Sītā was dead, grief-stricken Hanūmān, Lakṣmaṇa and the regiment of monkeys withdrew from the fight. Informed of Sītā's death Rāma fainted.