Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . The chief Forms of Durga. 259 thousand ? Destroy him too, said Rama. Sita advisedhim to remain at home ; but he collected his army of monkeys,and with his wife and brothers set off for Satadwipa to meet thisnew Ravana. Hanuman was despatched to discover the re-sidence of the monster, and to gather all the information he. KALI DANCING ON SIVA. could about him, and on his return Rama went to the giant regarded the army of his assailant as so manychildren. He shot three arrows. One of these sent all themonkeys to their home at Kiskindha ; a second d
Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . The chief Forms of Durga. 259 thousand ? Destroy him too, said Rama. Sita advisedhim to remain at home ; but he collected his army of monkeys,and with his wife and brothers set off for Satadwipa to meet thisnew Ravana. Hanuman was despatched to discover the re-sidence of the monster, and to gather all the information he. KALI DANCING ON SIVA. could about him, and on his return Rama went to the giant regarded the army of his assailant as so manychildren. He shot three arrows. One of these sent all themonkeys to their home at Kiskindha ; a second drove the giantsand demons to Lanka ; whilst the third despatched the soldiers toAyodha, Ramas capital. Rama was thunderstruck as he found S 2 260 The Puranic Deities. himself alone, and, imagining that all his forces were destroyed,began to weep. Sita, laughing at her husband, assumed theterrific form of Kali, and furiously attacked the thousand-headedRavana. The conflict lasted ten years, but at length she slewthe giant, drank his blood, and began to dance and toss aboutthe limbs of his lifeless body. Her dancing shook the earthto its centre ; but not until Siva lay on the ground, and herattention was called to the disrespect she was showing him,could she be prevailed upon to desist. Thus Siva saved theuniverse ; and Sita, assuming her proper form,
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