Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Sampati included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, ‘the five characteristics of a Purana’).
Story of Sampāti
A bird. The elder brother of Jaṭāyu.
Birth.
Aruṇa and Garuḍa were the sons born to Prajāpati Kaśyapa by his wife Vinatā. Two sons named Sampāti and Jaṭāyu were born to Aruṇa. (For further details see under Jaṭāyu, para 1).
Sampāti in the Rāmāyaṇa.
Once Sampāti and his younger brother Jaṭāyu flew to the Sun. To protect his younger brother Jaṭāyu who had neared the Sun, Sampāti opened his wings which were burnt and he fell on the shore of the salt sea. At this time an army of the monkeys, with Hanūmān at their head came there, in search of Sītā. Sampāti gave them directions of the path they were to follow. (Detailed story is given under Rāma and Mālī