hanumanji is said to have burn the golden lanka to ash....(as per tulsidas ram charit manas)...how is it possible when gold is a conductor of heat...
2007-03-27 01:01:07 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
LANKA was flourishing in all respects and there was no dearth of wealth, when Ravana was the king. People were all happy and rain was regular and agriculture and other activities were in full swing. There was no theft etc. So, symbolically it was mentioned GOLDEN LANKA. It should not be taken Lanka was built fully with Gold. May be in Ravana's palace gold was used to in certain places. It might have been said that Lanka was so strong and built hard as if built in Gold. Hanuman burnt such a city into ashes, because of his enormous strength and magical powers.
The meaning should be taken as above.-
2007-03-27 02:03:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Mythology all things are possible. In our world Gold is extremely valuable. So one would assume that Hanumanji thought he was destroying what was dearly valued by Lanka, the city itself. Service to Rama was his supreme motto. However, Lanka survived and rebuilt itself.
Golden can also refer to someone or something very special, example: Golden Child, Golden Boy. They are thought of as special, almost sacred, with much potential to be heroic for the benefit of a family, community, nation. As a side note, according to the scriptures Hanuman was short, stocky, and golden brown in color. As a child he leapt for the Sun.
It was also common practice to build a wooden statue and then cover it with gold leaf. These statues would burn and end as a pile of ash.
So burning the golden lanka to ash is a bit of an allegory of the material and the spiritual. One can destroy the physical, material world, but the spirit can rebuild that which was lost.
2007-03-31 20:15:41 · answer #2 · answered by aggylynn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hanuman only burnt a small part of lanka. Golden lanka refers to prosperity and richness of lanka, not metal gold. Even at the end of the war, lanka was not burnt and handed over to vibesheen, coronated by lord rama.
2007-03-27 08:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by wizard of the East 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember it is golden lanka, it is not Gold lanka.
Golden is the word used to gratify the place, that is all.
Usually poets compare things. For ex, a poet may compare a girls uncombed hair to the full length of the ocean.
So, some things shuld be taken only for arts purpose and just take the essence of it and not the words.
2007-03-27 08:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by tdrajagopal 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lanka the capital of Ravana was the supreme city and known to be as golden city built by Viswakarma. Hanuman Ji burnt it, it is said and accepted if non believer then leave it. Ravana had a Pushpak viman berore the invention of modern age aeroplane, earlier people were not agreeing
2007-03-27 11:21:14 · answer #5 · answered by surender p 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
in Indian mythology golden lanka doesn't mean it was made of gold it was such a prosperous place that it was given a name as golden lanka and plus hanuman was avtar of shiva who is said to be the destructer among the tri Dev(Bhrama, Vishnu, Shiva) so understand the meaning and then ask
2007-04-03 10:30:28 · answer #6 · answered by cute chick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
golden lanka need not imply that it was fully gold. it is very much furnished and decorated.these decoration and glittering were made up of gold.
as gold has its own melting point, when the other materials of the building r burning, it also melted to ash.
2007-04-03 08:04:29 · answer #7 · answered by dvkini 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Friend.
have you heard the Ayurvedic word Suvarna Bhasma ( The ash of Gold) gold can be melted to become ash,you too can try it the way they said.What if it is the conductor of heat?Can not aluminium, silver etc in intense heat be converted to ash?then why not Gold?
2007-03-28 14:54:33 · answer #8 · answered by Radhakrishna( prrkrishna) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you think that Walls and roofs were built with gold? It is poets imagination that the whole city is glittering like gold The colours and paints used must have been golden in colour. Please do not take too literary meaning.
Normally we compare a sharp mans brain with mercury because it moves sharply. That does not mean his brain is made up of mercury.
2007-03-27 08:39:00 · answer #9 · answered by ravipati 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SDo what if Gold is a good conductor of heat? How does it avoid objects from turning into ashes when burnt?
All the best...
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2007-03-27 09:43:54 · answer #10 · answered by plato's ghost 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋