# Talk:Kabandha

An excellently written article which was truly helpful and very interesting. On the subject of merging, I have no opinion.

Do we need to put the English translation for Avatar? I think that the word has entered the English language. If the reader is unfamiliar with the term they can always click on the link. GizzaDiscuss © 12:33, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

I removed it. This is a great article, with a lot of effort and good images. The only problem is that it frequently alternates between present tense and past tense, often in the same paragraph or even sentence. ("Suddenly, Kabandha appears before them. The demon blocks the path of the brothers, who try to escape taking a different route, but were finally caught by Kabandha. The demon grabbed Rama in his right arm and Lakshmana in his left. Finding themselves helpless in Kabandha's clutches, Lakshmana appeals…) This occurs throughout the article, so we need to decide on one tense and stick to it. Shreevatsa (talk) 14:44, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
I have also noticed this: The most detailed account of Kabandha appears in the third book, Aranya kanda, of the 4th century BCE epic Ramayana, cantos (Sargas) 69-73. Here the translation is outside and the Sanskrit word is inside the brackets, which is inconsistent with the rest of the article. GizzaDiscuss © 09:31, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
You can just fix simple things like that; Wikipedia encourages users to be bold, after all :-) Shreevatsa (talk) 12:56, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Xing Tian is a similar headless figure in Chinese mythology. According to legend, he rebelled against heaven, but was beheaded. His nipples became his eyes and his belly button became his mouth. Someone who edits this page might be able to find a study by a scholar who thinks Kabandha influenced Xing Tian. If not, links could at least be placed on both articles referring to each other. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 17:28, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Very interesting observation, but no scholar so far seems to have noticed it. --Redtigerxyz  Talk  16:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)