Kabandha: Danu's son cursed by Sthulashira

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A headless giant with eyes in his chest was once the handsomest being around.

Kabandha was a handsome son of Danu, radiant as sun, moon and Indra. Having won long life from Brahma, he challenged Indra whose thunderbolt drove his head and thighs into his body. Sage Sthulashira cursed him for terrorising forest sages to keep his hideous form until Rama severed his arms and burned him. In sarga 69 he seizes the brothers; Rama cuts his arms in 70 and he urges meeting Sugriva in 72.

Who: Kabandha, Danu, Indra, Sthulashira, Rama, Lakshmana

Bound to

Viradha is the cursed gandharva Tumburu mirror

Places: Dandaka forest

Where this comes from

valmiki · Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda (valmikiramayan.net translation) sarga 71
valmiki · Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda (valmikiramayan.net translation) sarga 69

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