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Kauravas: Sons of King Dhritarashtra in the Mahabharata<br />

Lakshman Rekha – the line drawn by Lakshmana, the younger brother of Rama in the<br />

Ramayana for protecting Seetha, Ramas wife against any danger.<br />

Manu Smriti: Manu Smriti or Laws of Manu, a renowned code of Hindu law said to have<br />

consisted of 100,000 verses. The primary purpose of the book, which contains rules for<br />

the observance of ceremonies and rituals, and moral and social instruction, appears to<br />

have been to strengthen the institution of the caste system in India.<br />

Nalayini – the faithful wife who took her leper husband to the prostates house.<br />

Renuka – wife of sage Jamadagni and mother of Parasurama, an avatar of Lord Vishnu.<br />

She was killed by her son at the order of her husband who thought that she had been<br />

disloyal to him.<br />

Seeta- Lord Ramas wife in the Ramayana for whose sake a war was fought.

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