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Overview
Dundubhi assumes a bull-like form as huge as a mountain and is credited with the strength of a thousand elephants. Looking for an equal opponent, he challenges Ocean and then Himālaya, tearing rocks from the mountain. Neither accepts the fight; Himālaya directs him to Vāli at Kiṣkindhā.
At the city gate he bellows, tears the ground and uproots trees. Vāli seizes his horns and defeats him in a struggle with fists, feet, rocks and trees. The thrown corpse scatters blood near the sage Mataṅga’s retreat, provoking a curse against Vāli entering the area. Thus the slain monster’s body has a continuing effect on the geography of later refuge and rivalry.
Origins & earliest records
South Asian Rāmāyaṇa narrative tradition
Records & interpretation
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The Rámáyan of Válmíki
Title page gives translation span 1870–1874. Book IV XI, pp. 335–337. Selected historical verse witness.
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The Rámáyan of Válmíki
Book IV. IV XI, pp. 335–337
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- Historical primary-text translationGriffith Rāmāyaṇa — Book IV XI, pp. 335–337Research access: 2026-10-05
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