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Shurpanakha (Sanskrit: शूर्पणखा, IAST: śūrpaṇakhā, lit.'she whose fingernails are like winnowing fans'), is a rakshasi (demoness) in Hindu epic. Her legends are mainly narrated in the epic Ramayana and its other versions. She was the sister of Lanka's king, Ravana, and the daughter of the sage Vishrava and the rakshasi Kaikeshi. Shurpanakha's role in the original epic is small, yet significant.[1]
^Johnson, W.J. (2009). A Dictionary of Hinduism (1st ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198610250.001.0001. ISBN 9780191726705.
Shurpanakha (Sanskrit: शूर्पणखा, IAST: śūrpaṇakhā, lit. 'she whose fingernails are like winnowing fans'), is a rakshasi (demoness) in Hindu epic. Her...
of the survivors of the battle between Khara and Dushana along with Shurpanakha. After escaping the deadly carnage, he instigated Ravana to kidnap Sita...
Kumbhakarna's father is Vishrava, and his siblings are Ravana, Vibhishana, and Shurpanakha. He has two sons, Kumbha and Nikumbha, with his wife Vajrajwala, the...
Vibhishan and Shurpanakha, who seek refuge from their tyrannical brother. Ram is skeptical but accepts them as guests. One day, Shurpanakha attempts to...
Vibhishana, Khara, Dushana, Ahiravan, Kumbhini, Sahastra Ravana, and Shurpanakha. Ravana had three wives, Mandodari, the daughter of the celestial architect...
Lakshmana swiftly intervenes and mutilates Shurpanakha by cutting off her nose and ears. Horrified and in pain, Shurpanakha flees to her brother Khara and Dushana...
One day, a demoness called Shurpanakha saw Rama, became enamored of him, and tried to seduce him. Rama refused her. Shurpanakha retaliated by threatening...
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Angad, the king of Kishkindha. Shurpanakha urges Ram to marry her, but he tells her that he is already married. Shurpanakha plans to prove herself better...
Accordingly, Kaikasi gives birth to the rakshasas Ravana, Kumbhakarna, and Shurpanakha, and one virtuous rakshasa who had the characteristics of a Brahmin,...
for Sita's abduction by Ravana, King of Lanka. The scene started with Shurpanakha's love for Rama. However Rama refused her, stating that he was devoted...
his wife, Janaki, and brother, Shesh. Lankesh's sister, the rakshasi Shurpanakha, tries to seduce Raghava into marrying her and attempts to take Janaki's...
went on to have two wives: one was Kaikesi who gave birth to Ravana, Shurpanakha, Kumbhakarna, and Vibhishana; and another was Ilavida, and had a son...
mindset of their male-dominated society. They started from the case of Shurpanakha. Finally, they were able to change the men’s mindset and get the women...
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place of a Hindu wife. Kamban's Ramavataram (12th century) narrates that Shurpanakha – the sister of Ravana – impersonates Sita to seduce Rama, but her trickery...
spirits. The demon king Ravana, encouraged by his spiteful ogress sister, Shurpanakha, hears of Sita's beauty and determines to kidnap her. He sends a golden...
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against Rama and Lakshmana to avenge the disrespect shown to his sister, Shurpanakha. In the Ramayana, Ravana offered Sita a place in his palace, but she...
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