Round 9: Tossup 19

One woman from this text was cursed to be a stone until she was touched by the foot of the protagonist. In one event in this work, the protagonist stroked the back of a squirrel with three fingers, leaving a permanent mark (15[1]-5[1])in the form of stripes. In this work, figures use stones with the protagonist’s name engraved on them to build a bridge. (15[1]-5[1])One character in this text brings back an entire (*) mountain after being unable to identify (10[1])a healing herb. (10[2])In this poem, (10[1])a princess in her 13th year of exile in the forest is kidnapped by the king of Rakshasas, (-5[1])Ravana. The title prince travels (10[1])to save Sita in, for 10 points, what Sanskrit epic by Valmiki? ■END■ (10[1])

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