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Ravana Dashagriva was a king [1] [2] of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana in which he was considered as a Rakshasa (demon). [ 3 ] [ 2 ] In the Ramayana , Ravana is described as the eldest son of sage Vishrava and Kaikasi .
Ravana, who was a demon king, son of great sage Vishrava and demoness Kaikasi, had a boon from Brahma that he could not be killed by any living being except humans and apes. Vishnu incarnated himself as Rama to kill Ravana only. Mesmerized by Sita's beauty, Ravana decides to abduct Sita. He agreed form changing demon Maricha, his distant ...
Lanka is the name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary demon king Ravana in the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The fortress was situated on a plateau between three mountain peaks known as the Trikuta Mountains. The ancient city of Lankapura is thought to have been burnt down by Hanuman.
Ravana became enraged with Shurpanakha for marrying a Danava. The Danavas were the mortal enemies of Rakshasas. Enraged Ravana decided to kill both of them. Thus waged a war against Vidyutjihva's army and killed him in a battle. Ravana was about to kill Surpanakha too but Ravana's wife Mandodari saved her.
The ten-headed Ravana is shown anchoring the line of Asuras. [25] A bas-relief at the 12th-century temple of Angkor Wat depicts the figures churning the ocean. It includes Ravana anchoring the line of Asuras that are pulling on the serpent's head. Scholars have speculated that one of the figures in the line of Devas is Ravana's brother Vibhishana.
When Ravana kidnapped Sita, he advised Ravana to return her to her husband Rama in an orderly fashion and promptly which Ravana refused sternly. When Ravana did not heed his advice and threw him out of the kingdom, Vibhishana deserted Ravana and joined Rama's army. Later, when Rama defeated Ravana, Rama crowned Vibhishana as the king of Lanka.
Rama and his brother Lakshmana come with a vanara army to rescue Sita from the clutches of the demon-king. On the first day of war, Ravana's son Indrajit binds the brothers with the weapon Nagapasha (serpent-noose) and the brothers lose consciousness. Ravana sends Sita with Trijata to see the battlefield.
While wandering in the Kronch forest with his brother Lakshmana in search of his wife Sita, who had been kidnapped by the rakshasa king Ravana, Rama encounters a gandharva stuck in the body of a distorted demon named Kabandha and kills him, freeing him from a curse. The freed Kabandha then advises Rama to seek Sugriva’s help in finding Sita.