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The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

Book 6 — Page 436.

Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith translation

Fair Punjikasthalá I met.

“I have not noticed in the Úttara Káṇda any story about the daughter of Varuṇa, but the commentator on the text (VI 60, 11) explains the allusion to her thus:

“The daughter of Varuṇa was Punjikasthalí. On her account, a curse of Brahmá, involving the penalty of death, [was pronounced] on the rape of women.” Muir, Sanskrit Texts, Part IV. Appendix.

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