And placing Rāvana on the cremation ground, they, greatly stricken with grief, prepared the funeral pyre according to due rites with sandalwoods, Padmakas, Uśiras? and sandal and spread an antelope skin thereon. They (then) performed the excellent obsequies of the manes of the lord of Rākşasas. 1. A sort of drug commonly called Padmakas. 2. The root of fragrant grass.
पृष्ठतोऽनुययुस्तानि प्लवमानानि सर्वतः। रावणं प्रयते देशे स्थाप्य ते भृशदुःखिताः॥ चितां चन्दनकाष्ठैश्च पद्मकोशीरचन्दनैः। ब्राहया संवर्तयामासू राङ्कवास्तरणावृताम् ॥