Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1539
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1539
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ŚATRUGHNA. A brother of Śrī Rāma. He and Lakṣmaṇa were the sons of Sumitrā, and Śrutakīrti was his wife. As ordered by Rāma he killed Lavaṇāsura, who lived in Madhu forest, and established there the city called Madhurāpurī. After the death of Śatrughna two sons of his lived in Madhurāpurī, and after the disappearance of the solar dynasty the city went to the Yadus. (For details see under Śrī Rāma and Hanūmān, Para 10).