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May 29, 2019 at 14:13 comment added Srimannarayana K V @KeshavSrinivasan: In continuation to your comment on my idea, you stated that "If that's the case then Vibhishana could still be ruling Ravana's Lanka to this day.". This statement is conveying an altogether different meaning.
May 29, 2019 at 14:09 comment added Keshav Srinivasan♦ @srimannarayanakv I didn’t say that you claimed Vibhishana could still be ruling Lanka, I said you claimed that Lanka could be something other than the island we today call Sri Lanka. And what I was saying is that if Lanka is somewhere else, then it’s possible that Vibhishana could still be ruling the true Lanka to this day.
May 29, 2019 at 6:33 comment added Srimannarayana K V @KeshavSrinivasan: The question was framed based on Yuddha Kanda and Uttara kanda of Ramayana, Nagara Kanda of the Skanda Purana, Sabha Parva of the Mahabharata and finally an ancient Buddhist text called the Mahavamsa. How can we compare texts pertaining to Hinduism with that of Buddhism? As the author of the question hinduism.stackexchange.com/q/8991/36, that the OP referred to, I never stated in any of my answers that Vibhishana could still be ruling Ravana's Lanka to this day. Did I?
Jan 21, 2019 at 15:04 comment added user17294 Do you believe that the events of Ramayana happened in this dimension? Monkies had kingdom, were learned and used to speak sanskrit? I cant believe in all these. May be these happened in some spiritual dimension/ plane.
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Oct 10, 2017 at 14:48 comment added Keshav Srinivasan♦ @TheDestroyer I think the Puranic encyclopedia is wrong, as the Mahabharata mentions Vibhishana as the grandson of Pulastya.
Oct 10, 2017 at 12:48 comment added The Destroyer♦ Puranic encyclopedia says Vibhishana mentioned in Mahabharata is different one.
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Dec 17, 2016 at 16:43 comment added Keshav Srinivasan♦ @Surya How do you know the story of Ghatotkacha and Sahadeva visiting Vibhishana is in the Southern recension? In any case, Buddha doesn't use violence against the Rakshasas, he just scares them: "in the midst of that assembly, hovering in the air over their heads, at the place of the (future) Mahiyangana-thupa, he struck terror to their hearts by rain, storm, darkness and so forth"
Dec 17, 2016 at 11:08 comment added Surya @Keshav Why and how would Buddha, who practices Ahimsa, drive away the Rakshasas? I can believe Prince Vijaya's story but I have doubts about the Buddha's story.
Dec 17, 2016 at 11:07 comment added Surya @Keshav I doubt that the bridge was broken - why would Rama break the bridge so painstakingly built? - because both Ghatotkacha and Sahadeva go to the southern kingdoms in the Sabha Parva and visit Vibhishana as well. ( I think it's in the southern version, not in KMG).
Dec 17, 2016 at 9:51 comment added Keshav Srinivasan♦ @Surya I just found an ancient Buddhist text called the Mahavamsa which claims that Buddha went to Lanka and drove away all the Yakshas (which may be a metonymy for Rakshasas) and sent them to some place called Giridipa: lakdiva.org/mahavamsa/chap001.html And it seems there was a legendary Buddhist prince named Vijaya who is said to have had battles with Yakshas: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Vijaya
Dec 17, 2016 at 9:29 comment added Keshav Srinivasan♦ @Surya Well, in the Skanda Purana excerpt I linked to, Kusha's messenger who goes to Rameshwaram is told that it's impossible for humans to go to Lanka: "Beyond this no human being can go at all because the Setu was broken in the middle by Rama of indefatigable actions." I'm not sure what the story is of Rama breaking Setu, though. Also, people may have been reluctant to go to Lanka due to the Rakshasas - anyone who tried to meet Vibhishana may have been eaten or killed in some other way by Rakshasas.
Dec 17, 2016 at 8:29 comment added Surya Interesting question. I don't think that Vibhishana was still ruling during Kali Yuga because then all the saints would have just gone to Sri Lanka to worship him and have long discussions with him - which obviously didn't happen.
Dec 17, 2016 at 8:10 comment added Keshav Srinivasan♦ @UdayKrishna Well, it's clear that Vibhishana ruled for an extremely long time. The question is what changed in the last 5000 years, between the Mahabharata and the present day.
Dec 17, 2016 at 8:05 comment added Keshav Srinivasan♦ @UdayKrishna Well, the Mahabharata is quite clear that it's talking about the "grandson of Pulastya". So that's an unambiguous reference to Ravana's brother Vibhishana who was the son of Pulastya's son Vishravas.
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