[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) › c7.605 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.605 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.605 - **Language:** English ### [c7.605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.605) 11) Taken captive by Kuśa and Lava. The Yajñāśva (sacrificial horse) of the Aśvamedha yajña of Śrī Rāma led by a contingent of Rāma's army was resting in a tent put up near the hermitage of Gautama when Kuśa and Lava together captured the horse. Hanūmān, who rushed over to the spot on receiving intimation of the news was bound hand and foot with creepers by Kuśa and Lava and dragged to the hermitage. Sītā, was then in the hermitage brooding over the past, and the repetition of the word 'Rāma' by the humiliated Hanūmān awoke her from her reverie. She was taken aback to see Hanūmān there in that plight and got him released from captivity by her sons. (Kamba Rāmāyaṇa, Uttarakāṇḍa). - [Previous: c7.604](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.604) - [Next: c7.606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.606) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.605](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.605) · Pramāṇa