AYOMUKHĪ . A Rākṣasa woman. She met Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa on their way to Mataṃgāśrama in search of Sītā, and requested Lakṣmaṇa to marry her. Lakṣmaṇa, as in the case of Śūrpaṇakhā cut off her nose and breasts and drove her away. (Vālmīki Rāmā- yaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa, Chapter 69).