Setu
“Rameswaram”
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Rameswaram · that ford of the ocean · the bridge of Nala · the ocean
spoken of as
1 expressionThe ocean and the bridge“setu”1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
That ford of the ocean is visible here, O fairest one, where, having crossed the sea, we spent the night.
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
A sacred pilgrimage site (identified with Rameswaram) prescribed as the location for major expiation rites.
If she, having left both husbands, performs a thousand baths at Setu, // Ang_1.
The giver, going to Setu (Rameswaram), at Dhanuṣkoṭi, with concentration, bathing three times a day and eating only barley gruel, // Ang_1se.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The ocean crossed by Rāma's army and the bridge built across it, pointed out to Sītā during the flight home.
That ford of the ocean is visible here, O fairest one, where, having crossed the sea, we spent the night.
Behold the imperturbable ocean, O Vaidehī — the abode of Varuṇa — roaring boundlessly, frequented by conches and oysters.
This bridge was built by me across the ocean, the water-flood — for your sake, O large-eyed one — the bridge of Nala, most difficult to construct.