kiratAs in the rAmAyaNa

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Dear List,

 

Can anybody point me to the (spurious? -- not found in TITUS'

rAmAyaNa text!) passages from vAlmiki's rAmAyaNa where kirAtas are

described in the following terms:

 

 

http://www.bongoz.com/south_asia/eastern_himalayan_culture.htm

<< The Ramanaya describes: The Kiratas with their hair down up in

knots, shining like gold and pleasant to look upon, bold enough to

move under water, terrible, veritable tiger-men, so are they famed.

>>

 

http://www.mypurohith.com/Encyclopedia/EnclopK3.asp

<< KIRATAS -- Foresters and mountaineers living in the mountains

east of Hindustan. (There is a tribe in the Central Himalayas called

Kirantis.) They are described in the Ramayana as "islanders, who eat

raw fish, live in the waters, and are men-tigers" (men below and

tigers above, according to the commentator). Their females are

described as "gold-coloured and pleasant to behold," and as

having "sharp-pointed hair-knots." >>

 

Thanks.

 

Francesco Brighenti