James Talboys Wheeler in: The History of India from the Earliest Ages: The Rámáyana and the Brahmanic ..., N. Trübner, 1869, p. 335
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A thousand women were sleeping beside him, and the chief among them was Mandodari, who lay upon his left side : and Hanuman looked carefully among Hanuman sun fails to find them, but he could not find Sita, for she was not there.
— Mandodari
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A thousand women were sleeping beside him, and the chief among them was Mandodari, who lay upon his left side : and Hanuman looked carefully among Hanuman sun fails to find them, but he could not find Sita, for she was not there." in the context of "James Talboys Wheeler in: The History of India from the Earliest Ages: The Rámáyana and the Brahmanic ..., N. Trübner, 1869, p. 335" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Mandodari
Mandodari (Sanskrit: मंदोदरी Mandodarī, lit. "soft-bellied";) is the queen consort of Ravana, the king of Lanka, according to the Hindu epic Ramayana. The Ramayana describes Mandodari as beautiful, pious, and righteous. She is extolled as one of the Panchakanya ("five girls"), the recital of whose names is believed to dispel sin. Mandodari is the daughter of Mayasura, the King of the Asuras (demons), and the apsara Hema. Mandodari bears two sons: Meghanada (Indrajit) and Akshayakumara.
About Mandodari
Mandodari (Sanskrit: मंदोदरी Mandodarī, lit. "soft-bellied";) is the queen consort of Ravana, the king of Lanka, according to the Hindu epic Ramayana. The Ramayana describes Mandodari as beautiful, pious, and righteous. She is extolled as one of the Panchakanya ("five girls"), the recital of whose names is believed to dispel sin. Mandodari is the daughter of Mayasura, the King of the Asuras (demons), and the apsara Hema. Mandodari bears two sons: Meghanada (Indrajit) and Akshayakumara.
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