Sampati

Sampati with Hanuman and his army

Sampati ( Sanskrit सम्पाति ) is a divine figure from the Indian national epic Ramayana and the brother of Jatayu . He helps Hanuman find Sita.

The Ramayana

The Ramayana epic was written between the 4th century BC. And the 2nd century AD in India. It is an art poem consisting of 24,000 double verses, which is attributed to the legendary singer Valmiki and has been largely complete since the 2nd century AD. Spreading with the Indian religions, it developed a very large cultural influence in Southeast Asia and was adapted to regional conditions. In Thailand, as Ramakian, it has become the founding legend of the Chakri dynasty , which sees itself in a line of descent with Rama, while in Indonesia, for example, it significantly shaped Wayang and Kecak and in the Khmer empire the temple and palace buildings of Angkor . In India it is the second national epic alongside the Mahabharata .

Sampati in Ramayana

He is the eldest son of Garuda and has the shape of a vulture . In the youthful competition with his brother Jatayu for who can fly higher, he protects Jatayu when he gets too close to the sun with his wings from the heat, which burns as a result. From now on he has to live stripped of his wings on earth and separated from his brother.

In the loneliness he watches how Sita is kidnapped by Ravana to Lanka . When the exhausted search party around Angada and Hanuman collapses on a beach without having found a trace of Sita, Sampati first sees them as welcome prey. Only when he notices that they know his brother does he let them go and ask about Jatayu's fate. After they tell him that Jatayu wanted to free Sita and was killed by Ravana, he informs them of the whereabouts of Sita and that he can still see her there because of his divine foresight. Thereupon Hanuman makes his big leap across the ocean to Lanka to free Sita there.

The birthplace of Sampatis is in Hindu mythology in Griddhraj Parvat in the Satna district .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hari Prasad Shastri: Ramayana . The story of Prince Rama, the beautiful Sita and the great ape Hanuman. In: Diederich's yellow series . Heinrich Hugendubel, Kreuzlingen 2004, ISBN 3-89631-431-9 , p. 296 .
2. ↑ Fourth book Kishkindha Kanda, 56th song