Rāvaṇa's chariot
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chariot · chariot yoked with eight horses · divine chariot · golden chariot · his great chariot · ratha · sky-ranging chariot · the chariot · the chariot of the lord of rākṣasas · the divine chariot
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Rāvaṇa's golden, jewel-adorned chariot yoked with piśāca-faced mules, used for his journey to and from Mārīca.
Mounting the golden chariot that could go wherever desired, adorned with jewels, yoked with mules of piśāca-faces, ornamented with gold,
"Mount quickly this sky-ranging chariot adorned with jewels, yoked with donkeys bearing the faces of piśācas, together with me.
Descending from that golden-ornamented chariot and taking Mārīca by the hand, Rāvaṇa spoke these words.
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Ritual chariot whose every part is identified with a cosmic element, invoked for conquest.
The four directions are the mule-mares of the divine chariot;
the Moon is the charioteer.
speech is the outer road of the chariot.
Rigveda
The recurring divine chariot by which the Aśvins, Vāyu, and Indra-Vāyu are summoned to the sacrifice.
Mount the chariot with the golden pole, O Indra and Vāyu, the well-sacrificed one that touches heaven.
Come to us from the sky, from the earth, in your golden, well-rolling chariot;
yours is the chariot with good horses, unaging, with which you travel in a day around the realms, toward the swift, generous one who holds the offering.