Ramayana Week 8

Name the raksasi who wanted to get married to Lord Rama.

True or False. Shurpanakha approached Rama in her original raksasi form.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Shurpanakha assumed the form of a beautiful woman.

Shurpanakha was the sister of:

• Ravana

• Viradha

• Khara

• Tataka

• Dushana

Shurpanakha began to see ____ as the person who stood in the way of getting what she wanted

Who stopped Shurpanakha from attacking Sita?

Wanting to take revenge for his sister's insult, Khara first sent ________ raksasas to attack Rama & Lakshmana.
(state the number of raksasas in words)

After the defeat of the first set of raksasas, Khara and Dushana headed an army of __________________ raksasas to go & fight Rama & Lakshmana.

• 140

• 1,400

• 14,000

Name the sage who gave Rama the golden coat-of-mail that he used in his battle against Khara & Dushana.

Sita was sheltered in a cave in the mountains by _________ while Lord Rama fought the raksasas.

True or False. Lord Rama single-handedly fought and defeated Khara and Dushana and their huge raksasa army.

• False

• True