RamayanaShurpanakha
Shurpanakha: who Shurpanakha is in the Ramayana and the role in the story, in plain words.
Ravana's sister, who fell in love with Rama, was disfigured by Lakshmana and so set off the events that led to the abduction of Sita.
See the story of the whole epic in seven books and the other characters.
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A retelling in our own words of a story that is told in many different ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes; where it matters we say so. It is not a scholarly translation.