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	Sita Devi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In particular, Mandodari is repelled and distraught at her husband's ravishment of the hapless Vedavati.
		Mandodari goes to her father's home in mainland India, and then on a series of pilgrimages, in order to prevent Ravana or anybody else from discovering that she is pregnant.
		She discovers that Janaka, the pious king of Mithila, a man of noble character and eminent lineage, is childless; the deeply sorrowful king is intent upon performing a yagya to seek the boon of a child.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Janaki (1564 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - HER WORLD
		Mandodari, the wife of Ravana, is associated with the element of water, turbulent on the surface yet deep and silent in her spiritual quest.
		Mandodari was a woman of character, virtue and relentless faith and tried her best to make Ravana mend his ways, though she was unsuccessful in the end.
		Like Mandodari, they live a life of duality, with the turbulence of varied experiences on the surface and a deep, silent core in their souls, where wisdom originates.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20021027/herworld.htm (3876 words)

	Shri Alwar Tirth Alwar Rajasthan India
		In order to keep the vow, Mandodari made an idol of sand and invested it with life by reciting the mantra of Namaskar.
		Thus, the idol of Parshvanathji worshipped by mandodari and Ravan began to be known as ‘Shri Ravan Parshvanath.’ This ancient temple survived till the fifteenth century.
		Then in the year 1654 of the Vikram era, this new temple was built and the idol was reinstalled in the year 1983 of the Vikram era.
	www.jainjagat.com /viewtemple.php/Alpha/409 (292 words)

	Shri Rama :- The Great Battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At Lanka when Mandodari, wife of Ravana, came to know that her husband was going to fight Shri Rama, she approached him and begged to abandon such a foolish enterprise.
		Mandodari further pleaded with Ravana to restore Shri Sita to Shri Rama, and repair to the forest to meditate on the Almighty, Shri Rama, after putting our son on the throne of Lanka - as in the words of the poet:
		Mandodari, Ravana's wife, noticing the trend in Ravana's attitude again pleaded with him to give up enmity with Shri Rama recalling the discomfiture suffered by maricha, Khara and Dushana, disposal of the great hero Bali with one single shaft, laying a floating bridge over the sea in such a short time.
	www.indiangyan.com /books/otherbooks/shri_rama/the_great_battle.shtml (2194 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mandodari, the widow of Raghu, remembers, “We stayed at the Birla House.
		Mandodari sold off whatever little she had when she was operated upon to remove a tumour last year.
		And today, alone and ailing, she takes comfort from the fact that her husband is still alive in the hearts of the people of Jagulaipada.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main7.asp?filename=Ne100904here_bapu.asp (391 words)

	chapter3
		Mandodari is offered in marriage to the young Demon King Ravana by her father Maya.
		Mandodari is only referenced once in Narayan’s version of the Ramayana, but she is mentioned several times in Buck’s version.
		Mandodari's relationship with Ravana is important in the scope of Ramayana as a struggle of good vs. evil and as a love story of Rama and Sita.
	students.ou.edu /T/April.D.Trenary-1/chapter3.html (851 words)

	Orissi Dance Offering Program
		Mandodari is coveted by both Bali and Ravana, is split in two and revived as “Mandodari.” The story moves on to the war scene of devastation—a scene that affects Mandodari.
		The next sequence: the lovemaking of Mandodari and her husband culminates in Ravana’s impatience, Mandodari’s pleadings to return Sita, and Ravana’s memory of the kidnapping.
		Mandodari prepares her husband for his final battle, the battle with Rama in which Ravana is killed.
	www.olywa.net /ratna-david/performances/program2004.htm (767 words)

	Re: ID's-I: Salah is the Ramayana Ravana
		Some elements of his biography are: Mandodari was his wife, the daughter of Maya(Lakshmi); one of his sons was Indrajit.
		Ravana was born to the patriarch Visrava, the son of Pulastya, also known as Marici, and to the Matriarch Kaikasi--the daughter of Sumali and Sukesi.
		(42) The Vedic Reventi or Reventa was the son of Vivasvant and Samjna the duplicates of Ravana and Mandodari.
	www.domainofman.com /forum/index.cgi?noframes;read=39 (592 words)

	Panchkanya of Indian Epics: A Critique by Saroj Thakur
		Mandodari, the last Kanya was depicted with relation to Ravana, her husband, in a soft shade.
		And even before we are to come out of this effect, we have Ravana prepared to go to war, that he knows to be his last, and Mandodari preparing to send her husband to this final war with the same gusto that she made love to him with.
		Draupadi’s anguish and her prayer to Krishna during the sabha parva, Mandodari’s love scene with Ravana and her sending him to the war were remarkable for their depiction.
	www.boloji.com /hinduism/059j.htm (505 words)

	Misery stalks family of man who caught Godse
		Mandodari still treasures the President's letter dated February 1, 1955, in a broken wooden box.
		Last year, Mandodari developed a tumour that had to be surgically removed and she had to sell her jewellery to pay for the operation.
		She also had to run from the pillar to the post to obtain a loan of Rs 20,000 to repair her husband's rickety thatched house which was damaged in the super-cyclone.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000722/ina22010.html (495 words)

	RAVANA
		The daughter of Maya, Mandodari with all such good qualities was married to Ravana.
		From the time of marriage, his wife Mandodari tried her best to communicate her good qualities to Ravana and save him, but Ravana made no attempt to change his bad qualities.
		Mandodari the wife of Ravana tried to teach Ravana that to kill a woman is very wrong and that by doing so he was committing a great sin.
	members.rediff.com /saivani/Ravana.htm (2128 words)

	Mahari Repertoire
		Part IV: Description of Mandodari: Pure, fair, slender and sharp, with voice like that of a vina (somber and majestic), with the gait of a white swan, flashing and restless eyes, she is the desire of all men.
		But he pleads with his beloved not to stop him since it has been ordained in the scriptures that the only way he can attain salvation is by being killed by the Brahma arrow of Vishnu, and Lord Rama is the incarnation of Vishnu.
		Part X: In celebration of his victory, Rama places Bibhisana, Ravana’s brother, on the throne of Lanka and blesses Mandodari as his bride and queen, virtuous in spite of her second marriage.
	www.olywa.net /ratna-david/urvasi/mahariRepertoire.htm (1854 words)

	Delmonico: The Killing of Ravana
		"The older one is Mandodari and the new one is Seeta."
		Mandodari's garments in his hands, Laxmana enters the camp, planning the death of Ravana.
		Listening to this, Mandodari thinks for a moment and says, "Rama's army has landed at the outskirts of our city and in the army there is the saintly warrior, Laxmana.
	charged.net /bdelmoni/index.cgi/india/ravana (2446 words)

	Weekly Assignments (Epics of India) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ravana was struck by Rama's arrow and died on the battlefield.
		Mandodari turned to stone when she saw Ravana's dead body.
		Rama took Mandodari to be his wife after Ravana's death.
	casweb.ou.edu /lgibbs/india/weeks/week07/readingaquiz.htm (988 words)

	Sathya Sai Baba - Rama Katha Rasavahini - The Rama Story - The Nether Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This is the truth, the indisputable truth." Sulochana rose suddenly, and wailing alone, she moved towards the apartments of Mandodari, the Queen, the mother of Meghanada.
		Mandodari too was pained when she contemplated the evil desires of Ravana and his pride at his own wickedness; she wept at the realisation that the words of Sulochana were awfully true.
		Mandodari, the Queen, came to him and tried her best to console him and reduce his grief.
	laluni.helloyou.ws /askbaba/ramakatharasavahini/r1029.html (3519 words)

	Did Ahalya see through Indra's disguise?Spirituality - Indiatimes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mandodari in fact sacrificed herself (sahagamana) alongwith Ravana.
		It is wrongly stated about Ravana's Wife Mandodhari marrying her Brother in Law after Ravana's Death, Mandothari also lays her life down by the Dead Body of Ravan in the Battle feild and she is ver well know for her chastity.
		Like Tara, Mandodari accepts her husband's enemy and brother as spouse either at Rama's behest, or because it was the custom among the non-Aryans for the new ruler to wed the enthroned queen.
	spirituality.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1107397,prtpage-1.cms (649 words)

	The Hindu : Polyphonies of an epic tradition
		In the Relief No. 2, a rakshasa is shown as cutting the ear of Angada and this is not according to the Valmiki Ramayana.
		According to the Hikayat tradition, Sita is Mandodari's daughter abandoned at birth.
		How Mandodari became the wife of Dasaratha is not clear.
	www.hindu.com /br/2004/07/13/stories/2004071300451500.htm (850 words)

	Divine Discourse, May 22, 2002, Summer Course, RAMAYANA - THE DIVINE MASTER PLAN
		Mandodari was very sad at the turn of events.
		Mandodari is ranked as an ideal wife because like a minister who warns his king against danger, she gave timely advice to Ravana and made sincere attempts to prohibit him from going astray.
		Mandodari's pleas did not even register in her.
	www.eaisai.com /baba/docs/d020522.html (3887 words)

	Women from purana
		Her saviour, Krishna, who gave her divine garments which protected her during the ordeal, is always seen as her friend and protector.
		Mandodari is the wife of Ravan, the king of Lanka, who abducted Sita.
		Though married to a wicked tyrant, Mandodari, who represents the water element, stuck to what she thought to be right and was vindicated when Ram reached Lanka after a protracted war in which Ravan was killed and led her to self-realisation and salvation.
	www.alumbo.com /article/10081-Women-from-purana.html (614 words)

	Ramayana
		The victory cry in Rama's camp contrasted sharply with the hush in Ravana's court.
		The news of fall of their beloved son caused immense pain in the heart of father Ravana and mother Mandodari.
		Both of them rushed to battle field, took the body of Indrajeet in their lap, and cried like any other parents.
	www.geocities.com /neovedanta/ramayana22.html (655 words)

	Cover Story
		Draupadi is regarded as one of the Pancha-maha-pativrata-s of yore, the other four being Ahalya, Sita, Tara, and Mandodari.
		She is regarded as one of the Pancha-maha-pativrata-s of yore, the other four being Ahalya, Sita, Tara, and Mandodari.
		Sita and Rukmini as we saw in the earlier Issues are Goddess Lakshmi’s amsa-s, where as Draupadi, Ahalya, Nalayani, Savitri and others are some of the mythological characters in the Hindu pantheon.
	www.splendourindia.org /splen_oct05_half/Draupadi.htm (216 words)

	Poison made of nectar
		It has to be remembered that Mandodari is ranked very high and is one of the five most respected and venerable women - Ahalya, Draupadi, Tara, Sita and Mandodari.
		She is shaken to the very roots at the gory sight of his son's body, falls on it and at the end of her lament she expresses her fears.
		What Mandodari meant was 'Ravana would be lying dead because of his desire for Sita.' But those words evoked a totally different response from Ravana.
	www.chennaionline.com /festivalsnreligion/religion/religion641.asp (624 words)

	UttaraKanda03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		One day on a hunting trip in the forest, he saw Maya, the builder of the city of Lanka and his daughter the pretty Mandodari.
		Maya offered her to Ravana married to Mandodari, he returned to Lanka with her.
		The infant roared like a thunder even at his birth and was christened Meghanatha, Lord of the clouds.
	www.ramayan.com /nailart/uttara/utta03_1.htm (252 words)

	Proud to be Hindu ! : Why did Rama abandon Sita ??, B Shah blogs on sulekha, Religion blogs, B Shah blog from india
		After the defeat of Ravan, the mortal enemy of Rama, Mandodari, his supreme queen, comes out to grieve over her unfaithful husband.
		Mandodari, as his first wife, was secure in her position, but, powerless to restrain him.
		Yet another, Mandodari, feared being ostracised for being the wife of a bad man.
	www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=40859 (2643 words)

	A grand character, but...
		That is what Mandodari says in her lament.
		After subduing the senses (including the mind, the internal sense) (all) the three worlds were conquered by you (I the course of the austerities practised by you) in the past.
		The questions that Mandodari throw on the mortal remains of Ravana push us into deep contemplation.
	www.chennaionline.com /festivalsnreligion/religion/religion651.asp (726 words)

	Valmiki Ramayana - Sundara Kanda
		He sees Mandodari and thinks her to be Seetha.
		In that house, while observing, Hanuma saw a portion of house with beds and couches, consisting of best couches equaling those in heaven, made of crystal decorated with diamonds, with wonderful parts made of ivory and gold, covered with best beds made of cat's eye gems of great value.
		Hanuma saw Mandodari with a beautiful form together with diamonds and pearls, well decorated by jewellery and with her self radiance as though decorating that great building with a fair complexion and with a radiance like golden colour, who was dear to her husband the lady of women in that gynaeceum sleeping there.
	www.valmikiramayan.net /sundara/sarga10/sundarasans10.htm (2550 words)

	Hanuman Crosses the Ocean Pg. 2
		Mandodari had all the time been trying to bring her husband Ravana to his senses.
		He believed that Mandodari’s entreaties were only due to her fear of competition if Sita were to remain in Lanka.
		An egoist will always see things in the light that suits him, no matter how much a well-wisher may be trying to make him see the truth.
	www.dalsabzi.com /Books/Symbolisms_Ramayana/chapter_eight_pg2.htm (818 words)

	Small Business Sri Lanka
		Enter Mandodari, richly dressed and jewelled, followed by Ravana, tall, majestic, arrayed in red and gold.
		Mandodari: (Putting out her arm) Here, Chandanika, the amulet is coming off, tighten it, will you?
		Mandodari: (Anxious, putting her hand on his lips to restrain him) My Lord!
	www.smallbusiness.lk /edocs/showlink.asp?xi=332 (2230 words)

	ramayanam22 Fun And Learning Place For Indian Kids
		The victory cry in Ram's camp contrasted sharply with the hush in Ravan's court.
		The news of fall of their beloved son caused immense pain in the heart of father Ravan and mother Mandodari.
		With remorse Mandodari said to Ravan, "O Lord, look what your adamant nature has done.
	www.indiavilas.com /kidscorner/defaultmain.asp?k=ramayanam22 (691 words)

	Term Paper on Ramayana
		…had many wives, of which his favorite was Mandodari.
		Mandodari was a very devoted wife and very righteous.
		He had a son by her, named Meghanaada (which means the 'sound of the clouds' or the 'sound of thunder').
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Ramayana-178680.html (119 words)

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