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Ravana is a demon-king [1] [2] of the island of Lanka and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] In the Ramayana , Ravana is described as the eldest son of sage Vishrava and Kaikasi .
His half-brother Ravana, son of the sage Vishrava and Sumali's daughter , fought with Kubera and took Lanka from him. Ravana ruled Lanka as king of the Rakshasa kingdom. The battle in Lanka is depicted in a famous relief in the 12th-century Khmer temple of Angkor Wat. After Ravana's death, he was succeeded by his brother, Vibhishana.
Lanka (/ ˈ l æ ŋ k ə /; Sanskrit: [ˈlɐŋkaː]) is the name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary Rakshasa 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.
During the ascension of the mythical Raksha demon King Ravana (Disputing King Ravana being called a 'Demon' King, which fits into the systematic demonization of a legendary King deified by many Sri Lankans), some Deva people migrated to other places like present-day North Malabar of Kerala where they followed Dravidian folk religion before the advent of Hinduism.
According to folk tales, Dhadu Monara ("Wooden Peacock") was the legendary pre-historic aircraft used by King Ravana of Sri Lanka, [1] to travel among countries under his command. But no archaeological evidence has been found anywhere in Sri Lanka to prove the existence of such an aircraft.
Mandodari (Sanskrit: मंदोदरी, Mandodarī, lit. "soft-bellied"; [1]) was the queen consort of Ravana, the king of Lanka, according to the Hindu epic Ramayana. The Ramayana describes her as beautiful, pious, and righteous. She is extolled as one of the Panchakanya, the recital of whose names is believed to dispel sin.
Malyavan is against his grandson's war with Prince Rama, and attempts in vain to convince Ravana to let go to Sita; however, this counsel is rejected by Ravana: [3]. O King, that monarch who is versed in the fourteen sciences, who follows polity, rules an empire over a long period and overcomes his adversaries, who concludes peace or wages war at a fitting time, advances his own party and ...
Ravana, The Great King of Lanka Munnirpallam Sivasubramaniam Purnalingam Pillai (25 May 1866 – 6 June 1947) was a Tamil language -writer and Dravidologist . Early life