[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) › c9.193 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.193 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.193 - **Language:** English ### [c9.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.193) Lakṣmaṇa again went out to fight Indrajit. Reluctant to fight with the former, Indrajit resorted to a new magical trick. He created an artificial or illusory Sītā and with her seated in a chariot he rose up in the sky and said as follows: “Rāvaṇa has abandoned Sītā who brings about humiliation to the Rākṣasas and ruin to Laṅkā. So, I cut her to pieces.” So saying he cut into two, by one stroke of his sword, Sītā, who cried Oh! my lord! oh! brother.” Blood fell on the battlefield and Indrajit disappeared. Though Rāma and others were alarmed by all these, Vibhīṣaṇa explained that it was all the magic of the Rākṣasas, and in the fierce fighting that followed Lakṣmaṇa killed Indrajit. - [Previous: c9.192](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.192) - [Next: c9.194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.194) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.193](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.193) · Pramāṇa