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Sri Ram Janam Bhoomi Prana Pratisha Article Competition winners

Rāmāyaṇa where ideology and arts meet narrative and historical context by Prof. Nalini Rao

Rāmāyaṇa tradition in northeast Bhārat by Virag Pachpore

Dūşaņa

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Jit Majumdar


  1. pollution; corruption
  2. vice; crime
  3. a rākşasa warrior in the army of Rāvana (V. Rām.); a daitya slain by Śiva (Ś. Pur.); (fem: duşaņā): the wife of Bhavana and the mother of Tvāşţŗ (Bg. Pur.).