Ravana

American

[rah-vuh-nuh] / ˈrɑ və nə /

noun

(in the Ramayana) the king of Ceylon who abducts Sita, the wife of Ramachandra, and is later defeated by Ramachandra.

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But she’s tricked by the 10-headed demon Ravana, who whisks her off to his kingdom.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2023

The Ramayana depicts the victory of Hindu god Ram over the demon king Ravana after the latter kidnaps his wife, Sita.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

The festival commemorates the victory of Hindu god Rama over demon king Ravana and is a celebration of the triumph of good over evil.

From US News • Jun. 7, 2016

Prakash and his brother developed an interest in combustion; one experiment involved building and then blowing up a ten-foot-tall wire-mesh effigy of Ravana, the Hindu demon king.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

Sita is said to have been confined in a grove of it, while in captivity by Ravana; other relators say that she was confined in a place or house called Asocavan.

From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart

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