Or perhaps, ‘not caring for the fascination of the beauty of Rāvaṇa,’ i. e. his sister. He was loved by Rāvaṇa’s sister.
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Does this refer to the reflection of the sky in its clear water?
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Çālmalī = silk cotton-tree.
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Lit., ‘striving upwards to see.’
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Indra’s wood.
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Çakuni = (a) bird; (b) name of Duryodhana’s supporter.
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Or, ‘by Vanamālā,’ Kṛishṇa’s chaplet.
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Tārā = (a) wife of Sugrīva, the monkey king; (b) star.
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Mountaineer.
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Arjuna, or Kārttavīrya, was captured by Rāvaṇa when sporting in the Nerbuddha, and was killed by Paraçurāma. V. Vishṇu Purāṇa, Bk. iv., ch. 11.
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Dūshaṇa was one of Rāvaṇa’s generals; Khara was Rāvaṇa’s brother, and was slain by Rāma.
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Cf. Uttararāmacarita, Act V.
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Ekalavya, king of the Nishādas, killed by Kṛishṇa. Mbh., I., 132.
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Or, curls.
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V. Harivaṃça, 83.
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Or, with clouds.
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She-rhinoceros.
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Or, rainbows.
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Ekacakra = (a) a city possessed by Vaka; (b) one army, or one quoit.
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Nāga = (a) elephant; (b) snake.
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Or, Çikhaṇḍi, a son of Drupada, a friend of the Pāṇḍavas.
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Or, mirage.
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Or, eager for the Mānasa lake. The Vidyādhara was a good or evil genius attending the gods. V. Kullūka on Manu, xii., 47.
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Yojanagandhā, mother of Vyāsa.
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Or, ‘bearing the form of Bhīma.’ He was Bhīma’s son. V. Mbh., I., 155.
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