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| image = Ravana's virtuous daughter-in-law Sulochana receives the head of her husband Indrajit, who has been killed by Rama (bazaar art, 1910's).jpg<br />
| caption = [[Ravana]]'s virtuous daughter-in-law Sulochana receives the head of her husband [[Meghanada]], who has been killed by [[Lakshmana]]<br />
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'''Sulochana''' ([[Sanskrit]]: सुलोचना, lit. ''she whose eyes are beautiful'') was daughter of the king of the serpents [[Sheshanaga]] and married to [[Meghanada]] (Indrajit), the eldest son of [[Ravana]].{{sfn|Das|2005}} Sulochana finds no mention in the [[Valmiki Ramayana]], and appears in later versions of it.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Avadhesh K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzdoAAAAMAAJ&q=sulocan%C4%81+Indraj%C4%ABt|title=Rāmāyaṇa Through the Ages: Rāma, Gāthā in Different Versions|date=2007|publisher=D.K. Printworld|isbn=978-81-246-0416-8|language=en}}</ref><br />
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In the [[ballad]] [[Meghnad Bodh Kavya]], Prameela is said to be Indrajit's wife. So, it can reasonably be assumed that Sulochana was also known as ''Prameela''.<br />
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Sulochana was very brave and exhibited this virtue when Meghanada, her husband, was going to war with [[Rama]] and his younger brother [[Lakshmana]], she supported her husband by not crying and never stopped or requested not to go to war.<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
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Her story has been the basis of many films, including ''Sati Sulochana'' (1921) directed by G.V. Sane. a silent film, followed by ''[[Sati Sulochana]]'', 1934 [[Kannada]] film was the first Kannada language talkie film, also ''[[Sati Sulochana (1961 film)]]'' in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] starring [[N. T. Rama Rao]]. also in hindi film 'Sati Naag kanya' by Babubhai Mistri starring Vikram Gokhale and jaishree gadkar <br />
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''The Ballad Of Sulochana'' is a favourite [[ballad]] of [[Marathi people|Marathi]] women, sung in most families. Noted [[Tamils|Tamil]] scholar S. K. Ramarajan wrote a noted [[Epic poetry|epyllion]], ''Meganadham'', the tragedy of Indrajit, known for its characterisation of Indrajit's wife Sulochana.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{wikisource|Ramayana}}<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
* {{Cite book|last=Das|first=Sisir Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BC3l1AbPM8sC&q=Sulochana+%28Ramayana%29&pg=PA139|title=A History of Indian Literature, 500-1399: From Courtly to the Popular|date=2005|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-2171-0|language=en}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/dutt/rama10.htm Valmiki Ramayana Book X. War in Ceylon (Lanka Kanda)] translated by [[Ralph T. H. Griffith]] (1870–1874)<br />
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