[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) › c7.1592 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1592 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1592 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1592](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1592) A favourite pastime of Kabandha was to frighten the sages. One day he attacked a sage called Sthūlaśiras and that sage cursed him saying that he would retain his ugly figure for ever. The demon pleaded for relief and the sage said that he would regain his original figure when Rāma cut his hands and left him in the desolate forest. From that day onwards Kabandha lived there waiting for Śrī Rāma. (Sarga 70, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa). - [Previous: c7.1591](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1591) - [Next: c7.1593](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1593) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1592](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1592) · Pramāṇa