Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.367
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.367
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(xiii) Maudgalyaśāpa. Once maharṣi Maudgalya was sitting in the svastika pose resting his neck on the yogadaṇḍa (a short stick-like piece of wood with a handle) Rāvaṇa happened to come there and he cut into two the yogadaṇḍa with his Candrahāsa (sword) with the result that the maharṣi fell down with face upwards and broke his back-bone. The maharṣi then cursed that Rāvaṇa’s Candrahāsa would prove ineffective in future.