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Dandakaranya
Résumé
Dandakaranya is a historical region in India, mentioned in the Ramayana. It covers about of land, which includes the Abujhmar Hills in the west and the Eastern Ghats in the east, including regions of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana and Karnataka states. It spans about from north to south and about from east to west. Dandakaranya roughly translates from Sanskrit to "The Jungle (aranya) of Danda (Danda, the son of Ikshvaku)."
Dandakaaranya, means the Dandaka forest, the abode of the demon Dandaka. Dandaka (दंडक, IAST: ) is the name of a forest mentioned in the ancient Indian text Ramayana. It is also known as Dandakaranya, aranya being the Sanskrit word for "forest". It was the location of the Danda Kingdom, a stronghold of the rakshasa tribes. It was state of the Lanka Kingdom under the reign of Ravana. Ravana's governor Khara ruled this province.
Dandakaranya is considered sacred in Hinduism, as many accounts of the region describe ancient Hindu peoples and Hindu deities living together in refuge there. The Dandakaranya zone was the location of the turning point in the Ramayana, a famous Sanskrit epic. The plot for the divine objectives to uproot the rakshasa from the land was formulated here. According to the Ramayana, it was home to many deadly creatures and demons. It is described to have stretched from Narmada to The Godavari and Krishna Rivers according to Valmiki Ramayana. Rama, his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana spent initial years of fourteen years as exiles traveling around the region.
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