Ravana
Proper noun
Meaning
Ravana
(Hinduism) The king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana.
Anagrams
Examples
A demi-god who has the form of an vulture that tries to rescue Sita from Ravana.
A famous tympanum from Banteay Srei depicts Shiva sitting on Mount Kailasa with his consort, while the demon king Ravana shakes the mountain from below.
As Rama and Lakshmana chanced upon the stricken and dying Jatayu in their search for Sita, he informs them of the direction in which Ravana had gone.
Clad in black and gold, Dakshina Vaidyanathan demonstrated an excerpt from her production, Shoorpanakha, which shows the more familiar demoness as ameenakshi, the beautiful sister of Ravana.
He locates Sita in ashoka grove, who is wooed and threatened by Ravana and his rakshasis to marry Ravana.
He allows himself to be captured and produced before Ravana.