Questions tagged [ravana]
Rāvaṇa is the primary antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
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Qualities Comparision of Rama VS Ravana, Krishna VS Kamsa?
I want, list and comparision; of qualities and characteristics between
Rama VS Ravana , Krishna VS Kamsa
(backed-referenced) from Scripture Verses
comparision among of those qualities
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What was Ravana's age when Sri Rama killed him?
Ravana was born way before Sri Rama, as per inferences using some texts, he was born 12 or 13 Mahayuga before Sri Rama (born - 24th Treta Yuga).
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Which texts state Ravana to be a great Astrologer?
Many people say that Ravana was having immense knowledge of astrology.
Which texts support this statement?
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Where is the story of Ravana capturing all the 9 planets found?
There is a story of Ravana capturing all the 9 planets for the benefit of his son Meghanad.All the planets agree to go to the 11th house of his son but Lord Shani refuses and hence Ravana fights with ...
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Story of jaya vijaya and King Pratap bhanu
I was reading through Ramcharitmanas of Goswami Tulsidas Ji.
I read the story of Raja Pratap Bhanu and he becoming Ravana in the next birth.
I wondered, how is that possible when we know that Jay ...
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How did Ravana got soldiers to defeat Kubera to win Lanka?
How did Ravana got soldiers to defeat Kubera to win Lanka?
Ravana was born in Brahmin orthodox family and he was born and brought up in Brahmins Kutira. So, how he got/gathered soldiers to defeat ...
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Which incidents have been excluded from Kambar’s Iramavataram as interpolations?
Kambar was a well known poet belonging to the 12th century, famous for writing the Irāmāvatāram, the Tamil version of Srimad Ramayanam a.k.a Kamba Ramayanam. According to the Wikipedia page of Kambar’...
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Where is the Panchvati mentioned in Ramayana located in present day India?
Is Panchvati in present day Nasik or in Parnashala? Where was Sita mata abducted by Ravana?
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How much was Ravana able to succeed in lifting the Bow in Sita Svayamvara
According to the Holy Book Ramayana written by Sage Valmiki, when Ravana attempted to lift the Bow in Sita Svayamvara, how much was he able to succeed?
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Where was Ravana born? Do we have any mention of Ravana's birth place in any Ramayana or Purana?
Where was Ravana born? Do we have any mention of Ravana's birthplace in any Ramayana or Purana?
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Did Ravana wear a sacred thread?
Did Ravana wear a sacred thread? If I get any sastric reference it will be helpful
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Did Rama and Ravana agree to rules of war, as was done in the Mahabharata?
I think Ravana says Rakshasas don't have dharmic rules of war. Did Ravana's side fight adharmically all the time, or did they show fair play on occasion?
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Did Ravana from Ramayana lust over Goddess Parvati?
I was reading an answer on quora which states that Ravana lusted over Goddess Parvati.
Did Ravana lust on goddess Parvati ?
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The real story behind Baijnath and Gokarna
A similar story goes for two different cities.
Baijnath and Gokarna.
Which one is the correct one?
If both of them are true, did Ravana carry Shivlinga twice?
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What was the conversation between Ravana and Lakshmana when Ravana was on death bed [duplicate]
Please provide verse too and sources.
What are the conversations between them and where it is mentioned with verse numbers.
There are no shastric evidence in other questions
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What is Ravana gita, is it ever mentioned in any puran?
I have heard of Ravana gita many times in which purana is it mentioned and please give the verses too.
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Did Shurpanaka take revenge on Ravana using Sita?
I have come across some hear say versions like Shurpanaka took revenge on Ravana using Sita, for the killing of her husband Vidyutjihva.. We have the description of killing of shurpanaka husband in ...
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Did Rama told Ravana to "go today, come tomorrow"?
In Tamil version Kamba Ramayanam by Kambar, it is said during war, one day on the verge of Ravana's defeat, Rama gave chance to Ravana, to go today and come tomorrow for fight.
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Death of Ravana, his Karma or Destiny?
On the battlefield when Rama shot an arrow to kill Ravana, Laxman was directed by Rama to go and get his best advice.
The first thing Raavan told Lakshman was that one should complete any auspicious ...
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What happened to Surpanakha after Ravana's death?
What happened to Surpanakha after Ravana's death. I heard some stories related to her which I refused to believe in. I couldn't find any post which mentions what happened to her. Is there any ...
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Is Kuvera Rākṣasendra? Where is Rākṣasendra mentioned in the Mahābhārata? What is the source [Ann.111]?
Source: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/rakshasendra. It says it means Rāvaṇa (I find this unlikely), or Kuvera (which would bring about more questions, but will also answer a few). Where in the ...
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Did Ravana compose any music?
In T.V. serials, Ravana is always portrayed as a demon and never shown as a musician. Did Ravana compose any music?
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Is it true that Ravana was invited when Rama established a Shiva Lingam in Rameshwaram? [duplicate]
I keep hearing a story which follows as
Rama needed a bridge to cross the ocean to reach Lanka, in order to
defeat Ravana.
He decided to conduct a Yagna to worship Lord Shiva at Rameshwaram.
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Did Ravaan kill Surpanakha's husband?
While scrolling through Surpanakha's page on Wikipedia, there it was written that Ravaan had eaten Surpanakha's husband (Vidyutjiva)
Here is a part of the page ---------
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What is the story of Kubera's sons?
While scrolling through the Wikipedia page of Lord Kubera, I saw that it was written Kubera's son's wife was Rambha who was raped by Ravana. So, what is this story?
Also, His sons were cursed into two ...
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Who is Kaal Purush?
I watch the TV Series called Jai Jai Jai Bajrang Bali.
There Ravana (king of Lanka) tries to stop Kaal Purush after Kaal Purush denies to answer Ravana's questions. He is shown as a person who rides ...
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Who killed whom in Ramayana?
I need a consolidated list of who killed whom in Ramayana. List should be like this:
Ram - Ravan
Ram - Kumbhkarn
Laksman - Meghanad
Laxman - Atikay
Hanuman - Akshay Kumar
I couldn't find this info ...
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Real story behind Ravana's death [duplicate]
I came across two stories on how Ravana was killed by Rama but not sure which one is correct.
Story 1 : Rama used Brahmastra to kill Ravana. Brahmastra was so powerful that it killed Ravana ...
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Is there any evidence that Ravana was an ancestor of present day Sinhalese of Sri Lanka?
Ravana's Sri Lanka:
"By examining the public discourse on Ravana that has been widespread among Sinhalese in the recent past, this paper suggests that the Sinhala nation is perhaps on the verge of ...
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Is Ravana ever depicted as fighting with more than two hands?
from Encyclopedia Britanica:
Goddess Durga fought wielding weapons in many arms.
In the Banasura-Krishna fight, Banasura used all his thousand arms with five hundred bows to rain arrows on Krishna.
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Any books with Ravana point of view?
Is there any book ,which is written from Ravana's point of view ?
Like the book containing details regarding why he performed certain actions which are treated bad in Rama's point of view.
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Verse in ramanyan when Sita warns Ravan to dare not touch her
What is the verse when Sita warns Ravan of touching her in Lanka
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What happened to Ravana's body after his death?
As per this YT Video, it is said Ravana's body antim samskara never happened and some tribe people tried to cure him but couldn't make any success. Is this really true? If not what really happened ...
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What was the relationship between Ravan and Tadaka?
I remember watching some mythological in which Ravan calls Mareech his mama i.e. maternal uncle. But Mareech and Subahu were the sons of Tadka so does that make Ravan the grandson of Tadka?
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How did Hanuman know that Ravana abducted Sita?
Lakshmana did not tell the name of Ravana while introducing themselves and their situation to Hanuman and Lakshmana told the following to Hanuman
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Why Lakshmana did not tell the name of Ravana to Hanuman even he knows?
Jataayu tells to Rama that Ravana abducted the Sita
"Oh, boy Rama, blest is your eternality, for whom you are searching as
with the search of a rejuvenescent herb in the vast of forest, Ravana
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Who wrote Ravana kaviyam?
Need answers to the following questions in order to clear my doubts:
Who was the writer of Raavana Kaviyam?
What was the reason to write it?
To which state does the author belong to?
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Raavana's dress code during abduction
Ravana came to seeta's place in disguise of an ascetic.
I want to know exact description of what actually he looked like?
From head to toe.
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Why did ravana send his warriors one by one?
Ravana was a good tactician . He sent Indrajit first to destroy the army .He started realising that Rama is no usual warrior so he deliberately woke kumbhakarna up .
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Who were the sons of Varuna killed by Ravana?
In Yuddha Kanda, Chapter 7, when the ministers are eulogising Ravana about his qualities, they say that the four sons of Varuna were killed (defeated?) by Ravana.
śūrāḥ ca balavantaḥ ca varuṇasya ...
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Did Mandodari marry Vibhishana after Ravana was killed?
Is it true that after lord Rama defeated Ravana and declared Vibhishana the king, Vibhishana married Mandodari?
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Where did Ravana keep his Mulabala forces?
Sriraman Bhattachar Swami is the chief priest of the Devadiraja Perumal Vishnu temple in Therazhundur, which is the birthplace of Kamban, the Sri Vaishnava poet who composed the famous Kamba Ramayana. ...
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Previous births of Indrajit and Meghavāhana
Just then a muni, named Aprameyabala, who had four kinds of knowledge, came to the garden Kusumāyudha. In that same place at night his brilliant omniscience appeared and the gods held an omniscience-...
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How many wives did Ravana have?
Is Mandodari the only wife of Ravana? Or did he have other wives too?
If he had more than one wife, then why is only Mandodari famous? In which scripture(s) are others mentioned?
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Why did Ravana abduct lord Rama's mother Kausalya?
I heard it for the first time from a purohit around me but I am confused because I have never heard such a story.
So, I would like to know what is the story and why did Ravana abduct lord Rama's ...
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Is it true that Ghatotkacha had the Ravana bow as well as demons from the Ravana clan?
Quora answers, like this claim that Ghatotkacha had Ravana's bow, demons of Ravana's clan and even his floats. Is this true?
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Did Ravana write any books?
Consider the following statement about Ravana from wikipedia:
Ravana is also depicted as the author of the Ravana Samhita, a book on
Hindu astrology and book Arka Prakasham; book on Siddha ...
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How did lord Rama perform penance for Ravana after killing him?
In this video, Sadguru Jaggi Vasudeva says that Shri Rama performed 1 year penance in Himalayas for killing Ravana, who was a great devotee of lord Shiva.
Is it true?
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How do we reconcile Rama vs. Ravana and Krishna/Arjuna vs. Karna scenarios?
Comparing the two scenarios:
Secnario 1: Rama has destroyed all of Ravana's weapons, chariot etc..and has him completely unarmed. However Rama sends him back to come the next day stating that it is ...
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Did Ravana ever attack the Ikshvaku king Dasharatha?
During the final stages of the great war, between Lord Sri Rama(and army consisting of brother Lakshmana and vanaras) and Ravana( and his demon soldiers), Ravana could foresee his final defeat at the ...
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