Svayamprabha is an ascetic woman who lives in a magical golden cave built by the demon architect Maya. She feeds the lost southern search party and, by her power, sets them down on the seashore.
RoleSage
Appears inRamayana
GroupRishis and sages
KingdomOther kingdoms
First appearsKishkindha Kanda, Sarga 50
Sargas4 in the Valmiki Ramayana
Who was Svayamprabha?
Hanuman and Angada's band, desperate with thirst, follow birds into a dark cavern called Rikshabila and find inside it a golden city with trees of gems and pools of clear water. Svayamprabha explains that Maya built it and that she guards it for her friend Hema.
After feeding them, she asks them to close their eyes and in a moment they find themselves outside, beside the southern ocean.
In the Valmiki Ramayana
Svayamprabha appears in 4 sargas across 1 Kandas.
Often seen with Svayamprabha
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