Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.197
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.197
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Lakṣmaṇa cast a pathetic look at Rāma; but his face exhibited no change of feeling. He granted Sītā’s request by his silence. Those present there awaited developments with bated breath. Lakṣmaṇa, with the help of the monkeys got a pyre ready. After going round Rāma with folded hands Sītā leapt into the glowing fire. Within a very short time three divine forms emerged from the fire, Svāhādevī, Sītādevī and God Agni.