Both Uses of
comet
in
The Ramayana
- Eclipse untimely reft away The brightness of the Lord of Day, And near his side was seen to glow A mace-like comet boding woe.†
Book 3 *
- Up he raised His awful head with eyes that blazed Like comets, dire as Death in form Who threats the worlds with fire and storm.†
Book 6
Definition:
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(comet) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit