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Surpanakha (Sanskrit for "sharp, long nails"; Malayalam:shurppanakha Indonesian: ''Sarpakenaka''; Khmer: ''Surpanakhar''; Malay: ''Surapandaki''; Tamil: ''Curppanakai''; Telugu:shoorpanakha; Thai: ''Sammanakkha'') or Shurpanakha is a pivotal character in Valmiki's epic, the ''Ramayana'', and is the sister of the main antagonist, Ravana, King of Lanka. Valmiki comes close to claiming that if there had been no Surpanakha or Kaikeyi (the hero Rama's stepmother), then there would have been no story. She is thus considered the catalyst of the chain of events leading directly to her brother's demise, and like Kaikeyi is often blamed by Hindus for causing the Battle of Lanka. ==Description and biography== Valmiki describes Surpanakha by the time of the Ramayana's events as generally ugly (''gora mukhi''): *Pot bellied *cross-eyed *Thinning, brown hair *A grating voice that is harsh on the ears. *Oversized breasts; this can be translated to mean a heart full of wickedness. The youngest child of Rishi Vishrava and his second wife, Kaikesi, Surpanakha was given the name of Minaksi "Diksha" at birth. As beautiful as her mother Kaikesi and her grandmother Thataka had been before her, Surpanakha grew up to marry the Rakshasa of Kalkeya clan Vidyujjihva. At the time of conquering Rasatala( The underworld ) Ravan killed his brother in law unknowingly.〔Valmiki Ramayan by Rajshekhar Basu - Uttarkanda〕 This earned Ravana his foolish & miserable sister's great displeasure, and the widowed Surpanakha then split her time between Lanka and the woods of Southern India, sometimes visiting her forest-dwelling Asura relatives. According to Valmiki, she met the exiled Prince Rama of Ayodhya, during one such visit to the Forest of Panchavati, and was instantly smitten by his youthful good looks. Rama meanwhile spurned her advances, telling her that he was faithful to his wife Sita and thus would never take another wife. Rejected, Surpankha then approached his younger brother, Lakshmana, who reacted in a similar manner and said she was not what he desired in a wife. Eventually seeing that the brothers were making fun of her, the humiliated and envious Surpanakha attacked Sita but was thwarted by Lakshmana, who cut off her nose and sent her back to Lanka. Surpanakha first went to her brother Khara, who sent 7 ''Rakshasa'' warriors to attack Rama, who easily dispatched them. Khara himself then attacked along with 14,000 soldiers, all of which were killed except for Akampan, who fled to Lanka. She then went straight to Ravana's court and enticed her brother to abduct and wed Sita by extolling her virtues and beauty. Despite opposition from their brother, Vibhishana, Ravana kidnapped Sita, triggering the Battle of Lanka. Although Surpanakha receives no further mention from Valmiki, it has been suggested that she continued to live in Lanka after Vibhishana succeeded Ravana as king. She and her half-sister Kumbini are supposed to have perished at sea a few years later. She was the main reason for Ravan's death. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Surpanakha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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