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27 Cards in this Set
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What news comes to Ravana? |
Disasters in his camp - commanders have been lost, and no one who goes out returns. This is all a result of Rama's army. |
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What does Ravana do when he gets the bad news?
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He takes a ritual bath and prays to Shiva (god of destruction and reproduction), then readies himself for battle. |
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Shiva |
god of destruction and reproduction |
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What did the gods do when they noticed Ravana's determination? |
They requested Indra (god of rain and thunder) to send a special chariot to Rama |
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Matali |
Charioteer for Rama - the chariot can fly |
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Rakshas |
demons that can change form at will |
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What's Ravana's plan of attack? |
To let Rama exhaust himself and then attack |
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Mahodara |
Ravana's assistant and a giant being |
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What does Mahodara do? |
He begged Ravana to let him attack Rama. Ravana tells him to attack Rama's brother, Lakshmana. Rama stops him and kills him quickly. |
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What do Rama's arrows do? |
Shatter Ravana's |
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How many bows does Ravana use? |
10 bows with his 20 arms |
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What does Ravana do to Rama's monkey army? |
He flies into the sky and destroys them - he ends up killing Matali as well |
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Asthras |
weapons with supernatural powers |
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Danda |
a gift from Shiva that pursues and pulverizes its target |
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Maya - used by who and how? |
a weapon that created illusions and confuses the enemy - Ravana uses it to create the illusion of reviving his army |
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Ghana - used by who and how? |
a weapon which meant "wisdom" or "perception" - used by Rama to clear the illusions of Maya |
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Thama - used by who and how? |
a weapon that created total darkness in all the worlds - used by Ravana, arrows had eyes, fangs, and fiery tongues, created a deluge of rain, and intermittent hail storm, and a tornado |
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Shivasthra |
Used by Rama to counter Ravana's Thama |
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Ravana throws a trident with extraordinary destructive power. As it nears, what does Rama do? |
He utters a mantra and it falls. |
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What does Ravana send after the trident? |
He sends forth an asthra that issued forth monstrous serpents spitting fire and venom. |
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Garuda - used by who and how? |
Eagles sent by Rama to eat the serpents |
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What all does Rama do when Ravana collapses? |
He waits for him to wake back up again |
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Brahmasthra - used by who and how? |
Used by Rama, this weapon designed by Brahma was to be used only when all other things failed. He sends this to Ravana and it kills him. |
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What does Rama notice about one of his arrows? |
It revealed Ravana's true self: one who was devout and capable of tremendous attainments |
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What does Rama do after he killed Ravana? |
He sees an old would on his back and thinks he shot a retreating man. When he finds out it's an old scar, he wishes for Rama to go to heaven. |
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Weapons summoned by Ravana |
Danda (homing missle) Tharna (darkness) Trisul (trident) Nagapasha (snakes) |
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Weapons summoned by Rama |
Gnana (wisdom) Shivasthra (prayer) Garudasthra (Eagles) Brahmasthra (going nuclear) |
