Reels tagged #ramayana
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Indian Mythology
Ravana was a scholar, not just a villain
The ten-headed king of Lanka was a master of the Vedas, an astrologer and a virtuoso of the veena. His ten heads are often read as the six shastras and four Vedas he had mastered.
Indian Mythology
Kumbhakarna slept six months at a time
Meaning to ask Brahma for indrasana, a throne, the giant's tongue slipped and he asked for nidrasana — sleep. Waking him took drums, elephants and armies walking over his body.
Indian Mythology
A vulture fought Ravana alone
Jatayu, the ageing bird-king, attacked Ravana's flying chariot to stop Sita's abduction. His wings were cut away, but he lived long enough to tell Rama which way south the demon had flown.
Indian Mythology
Sita was found in a furrow
King Janaka ploughed a field for a ritual and turned up an infant in the soil. Her name means "furrow", and at the end of the Ramayana she asks the earth to take her back — and it does.