Ravana family tree
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1. Ravana Is Born
Vishrava was a brahmin who loved knowledge and the gods, but his wife, Kaikasi, was a rakshasi, a shape-shifting creature who loved gold and blood.
Their first child, a son, was dreadful to behold, having ten heads and ten pairs of arms. Vishrava gave his son the name Dashagriva, which means Ten-Necks. Later he would be called Ravana, He-Who-Roars.
The sky rained blood at Dashagriva’s birth. Jackals howled, and other vicious beasts ran in ill-omened circles around the rakshasi mother and her child.
Vishrava and Kaikasi later had three more children: two boys, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana, and a girl, Shurpanakha.
Seeking to become invincible, Dashagriva petitioned the god Brahma. He fasted and prayed for ten thousand years, chopping off one head every thousand years and casting it into the fire.
Dashagriva was about to cut off his last head when the deva appeared. “Ask any boon!” Brahma said.
“Protect me from devas and danavas, from nagas, from gandharvas, from…” Dashagriva’s list went on and on, but he didn’t
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The untold story of Ravana
The soul of Indian mythology is beyond the simple good and evil. If one cares to dig deep, there’s an interesting story at each and every step. Ravana played the role of a villain, but why did he play this role is a question of great importance. It was actually to bring an equilibrium to the equation of good and evil. No wonder he is still worshiped in some parts of the world.
Ravana was the grandson of Pulastya, one of the greatest sages of Indian mythology and one of the Saptarishis. He was born to Sage Vishravan and Asura’s mother Kaikashi. Hence he is considered half Asur (demon) and half Brahmin (sage). Ravana is known as the supreme antagonist in the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana. He is depicted as a Rakshasa (demon) and the great king of Lanka. He is known as a demon with ten heads, but not many people know that he was not born with ten heads.
Ravana actually was a great follower of Lord Shiva, an inordinate scholar, an excellent ruler, and the maestro of the veena (plucked string instrument). He had written two books: the Ravana Samhita (
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Ravana
Primary antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana
Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Ravan (disambiguation).
Ravana Dashagriva was a king[1][2] of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epicRamayana 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. He abducted Rama's wife, Sita, and took her to his kingdom of Lanka, where he held her in the Ashoka Vatika.[4] Rama, with the support of vanara King Sugriva and his army of varanasi, launched a rescue operation for Sita against Ravana in Lanka. Ravana was subsequently slain, and Rama rescued his beloved wife Sita.[5][6]
Ravana was well-versed in the six shastras and the four Vedas, including the Shiva Tandava Stotra.[7] Ravana is also considered to be the most revered devotee of Shiva. Images of Ravana are often seen associated with Shiva at temples. He also appears in the Buddhist Mahayana text Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, in Bu
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