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)
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.
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.
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.
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.