A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Ravana
This page describes Ravana which is located on page 103 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Ravana” according to 98 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: निर्मोहं राघवं दृष्ट्वा- थैक-पत्नी-व्रत-स्थितं क्रोधात् सीतां भक्षयितुं धावती रावण-स्वसा nirmoham raghavam drishtva- thaika-patni-vrata-sthitam krodhat sitam bhakshayitum dhavati ravana-svasa nirmoham—not falling in love with her; raghavam—Lord Rama; drishtva—seeing; atha—then; eka-patni-vrata-sthitam—taking a vow of accepting only one wife; krodhat—out of anger; sitam—Sita; bhakshayitum—to devour; dhavati—running; ravana-svasa—Ravana s sister....
Read full contents: Verse 5.11.3
The Skanda Purana [by G. V. Tagare]
After overpowering (destroying) the city of Lanka, he entered the Antahpura of Ravana. He assumed a size of only a span, saw and talked to Sita, enquired the details of her and she was consoled. The leaders of the Rakshasa army, the sons of the ministers, the servants and the sons of Ravana were killed by Hanuman. They were struck by him in the very palace of Ravana. Again after getting liberated from bonds, he had a talk with the Ten-headed King of Rakshasas....
Read full contents: Chapter 79 - Hanumatkeshvara (hanumatka-ishvara-linga)
Varahi Tantra (English Study) [by Roberta Pamio]
Ravana, Kumbhakarna Vibhishana, Hiranyakashipu, Bana, Bali, Jalandhara, Ambarisha, Nahusha and the race of Haihaya were all devotes of Kali. The group of sages starting with Narada, Durvasa, Gadhinandana, Virupaksha and the others were also followers of the Kalikrama. Brahma passed the Kalikrama to Vishvamitra and to Vasishtha, who gave it to Rama to kill Ravana (vv. 50-53)....
Read full contents: Chapter 24 - Kalikrama (according to the seventh chapter of the Paratantra)
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