Punjikasthalá

Family: unknown · Role: unknown · First appears: Book VI, Canto 13 · Rávan’s Speech

Life events

• Rávaṇ assaulted Punjikasthalá despite her prayers and cries.(Book VI, Canto 13 · Rávan’s Speech)
  • With: Rávaṇ
  • “In passion’s eager grasp I tore From her sweet limbs the robes she wore, And heedless of her prayers and cries Strained to my breast the vanquised prize.”

Book VI, Canto 13 · Rávan’s Speech

• enemies with Rávaṇ “In passion’s eager grasp I tore From her sweet limbs the robes she wore, And heedless of her prayers and cries Strained to my breast the vanquised prize.”
• admirer: Rávaṇ (Rávaṇ’s desire is expressed through an assault.) “One day—a day I never forget— Fair Punjikasthalá I met, When, radiant as a flame of fire, She sought the palace of the Sire. In passion’s eager grasp I tore From her sweet limbs the robes she wore,”

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Extracted from the original text of The Rámáyan of Válmíki. Made with Rho MD.