[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) › c9.379 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.379 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.379 - **Language:** English ### [c9.379](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.379) 13) His death. Rāvaṇa’s sister, Śūrpaṇakhā met Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa at Pañcavaṭī and wanted first Rāma and then Lakṣmaṇa to marry her. But, Lakṣmaṇa cut away her nose, breasts etc. Enraged by this Rāvaṇa abducted Sītā. Śrī Rāma, with the help of the monkey-army, killed Rāvaṇa in war. (See under Rāma. - [Previous: c9.378](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.378) - [Next: c9.380](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.380) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.379](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.379) · Pramāṇa