Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2920

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SUṢEṆA V. Father in-law of Bāli, the monkey king. Suṣeṇa, father of Tārā, deputed one thousand crore monkeys to search for Sītā. (Vana Parva, Chapter 283, Verse 2). Suṣeṇa, an expert in the science of medicine and the art of warfare, was the son of the monkey called Dharma. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa). In the Rāma-Rāvaṇa war Suṣeṇa fought the Rākṣasa forces and killed Vidyunmāli. Lakṣmaṇa swooned on being hit by the arrows of Rāvaṇa who fought with redoubled vigour following the death of Indrajit. Many monkeys also swooned. Then Suṣeṇa, the medical expert, brought back to consciousness the swooned folk with the help of Viśalyakaraṇī, Sauvarṇakaraṇī, Sañjīvanī and other herbs. Suṣeṇa also attended the coronation ceremony of Śrī Rāma. (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, Chapters 101, 123, 154).