Sutikshna is a disciple of Agastya who welcomes Rama in the Dandaka forest. Rama stays with him between visits to other hermitages and later goes on from him to Agastya.
RoleSage
Appears inRamayana
GroupRishis and sages
KingdomRishi ashrams
First appearsAranya Kanda, Sarga 5
Sargas3 in the Valmiki Ramayana
Who was Sutikshna?
Sutikshna has waited long for Rama and greets him with tears of joy. He offers Rama his hermitage and the merit of his penance, which Rama gently declines.
After years of moving among the forest hermitages, Rama returns to Sutikshna, who tells him the way to Agastya's brother and to Agastya himself.
In the Valmiki Ramayana
Sutikshna appears in 3 sargas across 1 Kandas.
First appearsAranya Kanda · Sarga 5: Sharabhanga Ascends
Often seen with Sutikshna
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