page_title: Shatrughna
section_title: The Slaying of Lavanasura
hierarchical_section_title: Shatrughna / The Slaying of Lavanasura
caption_attribution_description: English: Folio from the Ramayana of Valmiki (The Freer Ramayana), Vol. 2, folio 332; recto: Satrughna slays Lavana; verso: text 1597-1605 Qasim , (Indian, Mughal dynasty Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper H: 27.5 W: 15.2 cm Northern India Gift of Charles Lang Freer F1907.271.332
context_page_description: Shatrughna, also spelled as Shatrughan was the youngest brother of Lord Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana. He is also known as Ripudaman. He is brother of Lakshmana. According to Valmiki Ramayana, Shatrughna is one half component of manifest Vishnu. Shatrughna also appears as the 412th name of Vishnu in Vishnu Sahasranama of Mahabharata.
  According to the Ramayana, Rama is the seventh avatar of Vishnu while Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna are considered as part-incarnations of Sheshanaga, Sudarshan chakra and
  Shankha respectively.
  The Khuthan block of Jaunpur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is named after him.
context_section_description: Although he plays a relatively minor role in the Ramayana, Shatrughna is important to the main story and goal of the epic. His chief exploit is the killing of Lavanasura the demon King of Madhupura (Mathura), who was a nephew of Ravana, the King of Lanka, slain by Rama.
  Lavanasura was the son of Madhu, the pious demon-king after whom the city of Madhupura was named. Madhu's wife and Lavanusara's mother Kumbhini was sister of Ravana. Lavanasura was holder of the divine Trishula (Trident) of Lord Shiva and nobody was able to kill him or prevent him from committing sinful activities.
  Shatrughna begged Rama and his elder brothers to allow him the opportunity to serve them by killing Lavanasura. Shatrughna killed the demon with an arrow imbibed with the power of Vishnu. After Lavanasura's death, Rama crowned him King of Madhupura.
caption: Shatrughna slays Lavana
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