Rāvaṇa
mythological figure · 2 works · 49 mentions · 254 anchored passages
lord of rākṣasas · Daśagrīva · ten-necked one · lord of the rākṣasas · ten-faced one · ten-headed one · Daśānana · the ten-necked one · king of rākṣasas · night-wanderer
spoken of as
1 expressionin the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The rākṣasa king of Laṅkā who abducts Sītā and is ultimately slain by Rāma.
Mārīca repeatedly warned Rāvaṇa:
Arriving at Laṅkā, the city ruled by Rāvaṇa, he saw Sītā there, lost in thought, situated in the Aśoka grove.
But Rāvaṇa, driven onward by fate, disregarded that counsel and went together with Mārīca to Rāma's hermitage.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Figure punished for attempting to gain Sita.
In a like manner the mighty Kichaka, who tried to seduce Draupadi, and Ravana, who attempted to gain over Sita, were punished for their crimes.