रावणचरित्र

rāvaṇa-caritra
rāvaṇa-bhaiṭ

N. of wks.

rāvaṇa

only in this sense to explain the name of the famous Rākshasa) MBh. R. etc.;
m. N. of the ruler of Laṇkā orﾠ Ceylon andﾠ the famous chief of the Rākshasas orﾠ demons whose destruction by Rāmacandra forms the subject of the Rāmāyaṇa
(as son of Viṡravas he was younger brother of Kubera, but by a different mother, Ilavila being the mother of Kubera, andﾠ Keṡinī of the three other brothers Rāvaṇa Vibhīshaṇa, andﾠ Kumbha-karṇa;
he is one of the worst of the many impersonations of evil common in Hindū mythology;
he has ten heads andﾠ twenty arms, symbolizing strength;
this power was, as usual, acquired by self-inflicted austerities, which had obtained from Brahmā. a boon, in virtue of which Rāvaṇa was invulnerable by gods andﾠ divine beings of all kinds, though not by men orﾠ a god in human form;
as Vishṇu became incarnate in Rāma-candra to destroy Rāvaṇa, so the other gods produced innumerable monkeys, bears, andﾠ various semi-divine animals to do battle with the legions of demons, his subjects, under Khara, Dūshaṇa, andﾠ his other generals) MBh. R. Hariv. etc.. (IW. 353) ;
patr. fr. ravaṇa gaṇa ṡivâ̱di;
N. of a prince of Kaṡmīra Rājat. ;
of various authors Cat. ;
(ī) f. (with cikitsā) N. of a medical wk.;
n. the act of screaming etc. MW. ;
N. of a Muhūrta Cat. ;
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