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सीतासान्त्वन (sItAsAntvana)

 
Mahabharata
English
Sītāsāntvana (“the consoling of Sītā”). § 532 (cf. Rāmopākhyānap.). In Laṅkā Rāvaṇa placed Sītā in an abode equal to Nandana and caused Rākshasīs and Piśācīs to guard her. The Rākshasī Trijaṭā told her of the Rākshasa Avindhya who had told her of Rāma's and Lakshmaṇa's meeting with Sugrīva and of the curse of Nalakūbara (b) which prevented Rāvaṇa from violating Sītā, and of a dream of evil omens about Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa, etc., running towards a southern direction, but of good omens about Vibhīshaṇa and his four counsellors (ascending the mountain Śveta), and Rāma, Lakshmaṇa, and Sītā (running to a northern direction) (III, 280).