#vanaras

Rama and Lakshman are the best brothers ever (also Rama literally killed multiple demons with divine weapons as a teenager and that’s honestly more than I accomplished at 15)

Sita has Disney Princess powers

“I will cleave your filthy brain in two!” is not a line I expected to hear from a PG rated movie

Bharata is underrated

Surpanakha needs therapy (and a nose job)

Why is Maricha kinda- 😏

Ravana seriously needs to keep it in his pants (I was mentally shaking his shoulders and yelling “when will you learn that your actions have consequences!?” at him the entire time)

Rama furiously declaring he’ll hunt Ravana to the ends of the universe and then Lakshman just casually telling him to calm down was way funnier than it had any right to be

RIP Jatayu

The sentient mountain turning out to be a demigod literally felt like an NPC side quest in a fantasy RPG

Hanuman is the GOAT

I love how Jambavan just randomly drops the bombshell on Hanuman that he has divine powers, also his voice is weirdly amusing

Hanuman gets swallowed by a sea serpent, then promptly chops the thing up into sushi

Ravana’s giving off vaguely yandere vibes and I’m all here for it

Hanuman introducing himself to Sita with a beautiful song legit warmed my heart so much, he’s so wholesome

Ravana filing his nails while listening to Hanuman’s speech only to be like “kill him” was darkly hilarious

“alright, but set fire to his tail first, then let him go home” Ravana WTH-

Then Hanuman subsequently commits arson and burns down half the city of Lanka (cue the theme from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia)

I have only known Vibhishana for a minute and a half but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself /j

Bridge building montage woohooo

Why do all the rakshasas sound either animalistic or flamboyant?

Speaking of which, there’s no way Indrajit is straight, no man who wears indigo eyeshadow, a crop top, no trousers and knee high boots isn’t at least a little bit bent

“Oh, what a nuisance! This is bothering me!” Ah yes, just how I’d describe being in the middle of a battle between literal demons and very floofy monkeys

Rama’s speech about respecting life was genuinely one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard

Kumbhakarna is the best boi

Kumbhakarna is the best round sleepy boi in the history of everything

His sons were absolute badasses and their deaths made me sad (not at all helped by his heartbroken expression when he found out)

I love how it literally took being waterboarded to wake up this giant

Vibhishana just casually mentioning to Rama that Kumbhakarna would become immortal after sleeping for SIX WHOLE MONTHS

Literally everything about Kumbhakarna is immensely endearing to me in a way I cannot explain, I just wanna smoosh his cheeks and feed him strawberry mochi, also he so ROUND

Kumbhakarna, don’t eat the Vanaras ffs

Kumbhakarna getting increasingly frustrated by the flying demons buzzing around him like mosquitoes should become a meme/reaction gif, purely because of how he yells “yOu ArE aNnOyInG mE!” at them

*two strikes of a divine sword later* NUUUUU MY BABYYYYY 😭

“I wish I’d known him as a friend, Vibhishana” that’s it, happy AU where everybody lives and they’re all besties let’s gooooo *crying inside*

The way Ravana’s voice quakes when he hears he’s now sans a brother 🥺

Indrajit is horrible but I love him

HANUMAN JUST AIRLIFTED A FUCKING MOUNTAIN HOLY SMOKES-

Omgggg an aerial battle this is so cool- INDRAJIT NOOOOO

RAVANA WHERE DID YOU GET AN AEROPLANE???

Yikes, Ravana, you’re really laying on the body horror here 😳

Awww Rama and Sita are together again yayyyy

Yasssss happy ending we love to see it!

Why are they flying to the moon in a glittering gold helicopter???

Basically, I love this movie and everything about it, especially Kumbhakarna 💞

Hindu Mythology & Deities

- Hindu deities (26)-

Rakshasas / Indrajit

Indrajit, a rakshasa in the Indian epic Ramayana. He is also called Indrajeet. His real name is Meganada. The literal translation of the Sanskrit word Indrajit means "Conqueror of Indra," and Meganada means "Lord of Thunder or Sky."

Indrajit was the eldest son of Ravana, the king of Ravana and his wife Mandodari. He was named Meganada because his birth cry sounded like thunder. He is sometimes considered to be the son of Lord Shiva. A warrior skilled in magic, he was active in the war between Prince Rama and his father Ravana.

Indrajit's fighting style was based on the use of sorcery. Indrajit was able to hide himself from the eyes of his enemies through sorcery, or he could throw Naga ropes at them and bind their limbs to block their movements.

He acquired many kinds of celestial weapons from his Guru Shukra. He defeated the Gods (Devas) in heaven. Using Brahmastra, Indrajit killed 670 million Vanaras, a group of monkey-like people living in forests represented by Hanuman, in a single day. No warrior on the Earth achieved this statistical feat in Ramayana.

The Brahmastra was a supernatural weapon that was said to be able to destroy the world, capable of destroying creation and vanquishing all beings. It is one of the most destructive, powerful and irresistible weapons mentioned in Hinduism.

インド神話と神様たち

−ヒンドゥー教時代からの神々(26)–

ラークシャサ / インドラジット

インドラジット、インドの叙事詩・ラーマーヤナに登場するラークシャサ。インドラジートとも呼ばれる。本名はメーガナーダ。サンスクリット語のインドラジットを直訳すると"インドラの征服者 "を意味し、そして、メーガナーダは "雷または空の主 "を意味する。

インドラジットは、羅刹王ラーヴァナと妻マンドダリの長男である。彼の生まれた時の叫び声が雷のように聞こえたことから、彼はメーガナーダと名付けられた。シヴァ神の子とされることもある。魔術に長けた戦士で、ラーマ王子と父ラーヴァナとの戦争で活躍した。

インドラジットの戦い方は魔術を駆使したものであった。インドラジットは魔術によって自身の姿を敵の目から隠すことや、ナーガの縄を投げつけて相手の手足を縛して動きを封じることができた。

インドラジットは、グル・シュクラから多くの種類の天の武器を取得した。そして彼は天上の神々（デーヴァ）を打ち負かした。ブラフマストラを用いて、ハヌマーンに代表される森に住む猿のような種族、ヴァナラス族をたった1日で6億7000万人殺した。