All 10 Uses of
rout
in
The Ramayana
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- All these the mighty saint will yield To Ráma's hand, to own and wield; And armed with these, beyond a doubt Shall Ráma put those fiends to rout.†
Book 1
- The monarch's hundred sons, whose eyes Beheld the rout in wild surprise, Armed with all weapons, mad with rage, Rushed fiercely on the holy sage.†
Book 1
- There like a plant whence slowly come The trickling drops of oozy gum, With her grim features pale with pain She poured her tears in ceaseless rain, There routed Súrpa? akhá lay, And told her brother all, The issue of the bloody fray, Her giant champions' fall.†
Book 3
- The fiends who yet were left with life, Routed and crushed in battle strife, To Khara's side, like trembling deer Scared by the hunter, fled in fear.†
Book 3
- The giant hosts were brave and strong, Good at the bow and spear: But Ráma slew the routed throng, A lion 'mid the deer.†
Book 3
- I mourned, by doubt and fear distressed, And greater horror seized my breast When from the cavern rolled a flood, A carnage stream of froth and blood; And from the depths a sound of fear, The roar of demons, smote mine ear; But never rang my brother's shout Triumphant in the battle rout.†
Book 4
- With us let Kumbhakar? a fight, And Indrajít of matchless might: We need not other champions, they Shall lead us forth to rout and slay.†
Book 6
- Dhúmráksha turned his furious eye And saw his routed legions fly.†
Book 6 *
- He rushed, with his terrific shout, To meet the foe and stay the rout.†
Book 6
- They ran to Ráva? in his hall And told him of his brother's fall: "Fierce as the God who rules the dead, Upon the routed foe he fed; And, victor for a while, at length Fell slain by Ráma's matchless strength.†
Book 6
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Rout has other common meanings such as to make a groove, dig, search, or find. In classic literature, it can have varied meanings including reference to a disorderly group of people or a large party. The British may use the word to describe the noise cows make. The word form routings may refer to the routes taken to get somewhere.