Trijata is an elderly rakshasi guard in the Ashoka grove who befriends Sita. Her dream of Rama's victory and Lanka's ruin makes the other guards treat Sita more gently.
RoleRakshasa
Appears inRamayana
GroupRakshasas
KingdomLanka
First appearsSundara Kanda, Sarga 27
Sargas3 in the Valmiki Ramayana
Who was Trijata?
When the rakshasis threaten to devour Sita, Trijata wakes and tells them her dream: Rama in white on an elephant, Ravana falling south on a donkey, Lanka sinking into the sea. She warns them to seek Sita's protection.
Later, when Ravana flies Sita over the battlefield to show her Rama bound by Indrajit's serpent arrows, Trijata assures her that Rama's face still shines with life.
In the Valmiki Ramayana
Trijata appears in 3 sargas across 2 Kandas.
First appearsSundara Kanda · Sarga 27: Trijata's Dream
