Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1025

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1025

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c9.1025

ŚAMBHU IV. A Rākṣasa, the son of Vidyujjihva by Śūrpaṇakhā. Śambhu, who was engaged in tapas in Daṇḍaka forest when Śrī Rāma visited the forest was attracted by the beauty of Sītā and transformed himself into a tree to enjoy her beauty with his eyes. Lakṣmaṇa, who was felling down trees to build an āśrama felled this tree also, which disappeared immediately leaving behind the dead body of a Rākṣasa. It was the corpse of the Rākṣasa and Rāma comforted Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa by revealing the fact to them. (Kamba Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa).

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இராமாவதாரம் — Kampaṉ, Tamil