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Dandaka

DANDAKA. [Source: Dowson's Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology] The aranya or forest of Dandaka, lying between the Godavari and Narmada. It was of vast extent, and some passages of the Ramayana represent it as beginning immediately south of the Yamuna. This forest is the scene of many of Rama and Sita's adventures, and is described as "a wilderness over which separate hermitage are scattered, while wild beasts and Rakshasas everywhere abound.

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