Ravana
Appearance
Ravana | |
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Member o Keengs o Lanka | |
Statue o Ravana frae 18t century CE | |
Ither names | Dashagriva or Dashanana(Ten-heidit) |
Devanagari | रावण |
Affiliation | Meethic keeng o Lanka |
Predecessor | Kubera |
Successor | Vibhishana |
Personal Information | |
Consort | Mandodari Dhanyamalini |
Childer | Indrajit Atikaya Akshayakumara Narantaka Devantaka Trishira Prahasta |
Parents |
Ravana (IAST: Rāvaṇa; Sanskrit: रावण) is the primary antagonist in the Hindu meethological tale as tauld in the auncient Hindu epic Ramayana whaur he is depictit as Rakshasa (demon) king o Lanka.[a][1][2]
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Mani, Vettam (1975). Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary With Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. p. 354. ISBN 0-8426-0822-2.
- ↑ Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of World Religions (in Inglis). Merriam-Webster. 1999. p. 909. ISBN 9780877790440.