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Identifier: hindumythologyve00wilk (find matches)
Title: Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Wilkins, William Joseph, 1843-1902
Subjects: Mythology, Hindu Legends, Hindu
Publisher: Calcutta, Thacker, Spink & co. London, W. Thacker & co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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fore Ravan, again arouses hisindignation. As he sat on his throne he is thus described :— A score of arms, ten necks, had he, His royal gear was brave to see ; His stature like a mountain height, His arms were strong, his teeth were white.* * * * Ten thousand years the giant spentOn dire austerities intent ;And of his heads an offering, laidBefore the Self existent, made. J The giantess retells her tale, which excites her brothers angerafresh. He immediately sets forth again for the hermitage ofthe fiend Maricha, and asks him to assist him in his exploit byassuming the form of a golden deer with silver spots, by whichSitas attention would be attracted. Doubt not the lady, when she seesThe wondrous deer among the trees,Will bid her lord and Lakshman takeThe creature for its beautvs sake. Grifnthss Ramayana, iii. 143. f Ibid. + Ibid. iii. 14S. The Rama Chandra Avatara. 155 Maricha, remembering the power of Rama when as a mereboy he went to assist the hermit Visvamitra, and how he him-
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RAVANA. self was wounded by him, again tries to dissuade Ravan. Butthis time he cannot prevail, and there is not much choice lefthim, for Ravan declares : Thy life, if thou the task essay,In jeopardy may stand ;Oppose me, and this very dayThou diest by this hand. * Griffithss Ramayana, iii. 185. 156 The Puranic Deities. Maricha assumes the form of a deer, and, proceeding to thevicinity of the hermitage, attracts the attention of Sita, whobecomes anxious to possess it. Rama, leaving Lakshman toguard the home, goes in pursuit, and shoots it. As the fiendwas dying, assuming Ramas voice, he cried out loudly enoughto be heard by his wife and brother, Ho, Sita ! Ho, Laksh-man ! They imagining that some evil had come to Rama,Lakshman hurried towards the spot whence the cry proceeded ;whilst Ravan, who was waiting near, seized the opportunity tocarry off the defenceless Sita. The demon did his best to induceher to yield herself an easy prey ; but though she struggled hard,and cried for help t

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