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384: 34: 2206: 1181:. She is mentioned in Book IV (Kishkindha Kanda) of the epic. Ruma and Sugriva fell in love with each other and wanted to marry each other. But Ruma's father did not approve. Hence, Sugriva with the help of Hanuman abducted Ruma and they married each other. Rumā was taken away from Sugriva by Vali following the strife of two royal vanara brothers. Later, the fact of Rumā being withheld by Vali became the primary justification of 815:, he was tricked into asking for eternal sleep. A horrified Ravana, out of brotherly love, persuaded Brahma to amend the boon. Brahma mitigated the power of the boon by making Kumbhakarna sleep for six months and being awake for the rest six months of a year (in some versions, he is awake for one day out of the year). He was one of the rakshasas who opposed Ravana's abduction of Sita. 77: 1354:
and was instantly smitten by his youthful good looks. Rama meanwhile kindly rejected her advances, telling her that he was faithful to his wife Sita and thus would never take another wife. Rejected, Shurpanakha then approached his younger brother, Lakshmana, who also rejected her, the humiliated and
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himself, Vibhishana was of a noble character. When Ravana kidnapped Sita, he advised Ravana to return her to her husband Rama in an orderly fashion and promptly which Ravana refused sternly. When Ravana did not heed his advice and threw him out of the kingdom, Vibhishana deserted Ravana and joined
705:: A gandharva, cursed by sage Shtulashira to become a repulsive demon with no head or neck but his mouth in the belly and a single fiery eye on the chest along extremely long arms. He was freed from the curse when his arms were sliced of by Rama and Lakshman and when he was cremated. 1479:, Vikata, Kalikamukha, Dhumraksha, Danda, Suprasva, Sanhradi, Praghasa, and Bhaskarna) and four daughters (Raka, Puspotkata, Kaikashi, Kumbhnashi). One of his daughters Kaikashi was married to sage Vishrava who later gave birth to Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana, and Shurpanakha. 957:: Maid of Kaikeyi. She is said to be hunch-backed, ugly and antagonistic in appearance. She manipulates Kaikeyi into fears that her position would be overshadowed by Kausalya after the coronation of Rama, persuading her mistress to invoke her boons and send Rama into his exile. 1193:. When accused by Vali of lowly, treacherous and unexpected assassination from the shades by Rama's arrow, Rāma says his assassination was a just punishment for the sin Vali committed when he robbed Sugriva of Rumā, his wedded spouse, and used her for his own pleasure. 756:. After she saved the life of Dasharatha in battle, he offered to grant anything she would ask of him. She later calls in this favour to have Bharata crowned king and Rama sent into the forest, manipulated by the words of her maid, Manthara. 811:. He was the younger brother of Ravana and the elder brother of Vibhishana and Shurpanakha. Despite his gigantic size and great appetite, he was described to be of good character and a great warrior in those times. When offered a boon by 1248:: An elderly ascetic who was devoted to Rama. As her guru Matanga had instructed her to worship Rama, she waited for him for several years. Sabari finally met Rama after the abduction of Sita. She helped Rama to find Sugriva and Hanuman. 895:
and Mali. Malyavan's wife was Sundari. He had seven sons - Vajramusthi, Virupaksha, Durmukha, Suptaghna, Yajnakopa, Matta, Unmatta, and a daughter named Anala. He was one of the rakshasas who opposed Ravana's abduction of
790:'s humiliation. After Lakshmana cut off Shurpanakha's nose and ears, Khara fought against Lakshmana and Rama. During this fight, Khara lost and was killed by Rama, who also killed his brothers Dushana and 1072:, and due to the vow he had made to kill Kshatriya kings. He challenged Rama to bend the bow of Vishnu, and when this was done, accepted that Rama was an incarnation of Vishnu and retired to his penance. 1859: 1414:
for help in getting rid of these pestilences. Dasharatha obliged by sending two of his sons, Rama and Lakshmana, to the forest with Vishvamitra, charging them to protect both the sage and his
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437:, she asked Dasharatha to make their son Bharata the crown prince and send Rama into exile for a period of fourteen years. Dasharatha died heartbroken after Rama went into exile. 1471:
The son of rakshasa king Sukesa and gandharva princess Devavati. He had two brothers Malyavana and Mali. Sumali was married to Ketumati with whom he had ten sons (
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Ramayana characters - Rama and Sita enthroned, surrounded by sage Vashishtha and Rama's brothers Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna. Hanuman seated at the feet of Rama
1555:. As a demon, she used to drink the blood of living creatures and used to kill anything she sees. In one of Rama's great acts, he broke her curse by slaying her. 1596:
The younger daughter of King Janaka and queen Sunayana, and the younger sister of Sita. She married Lakshmana and had two sons, Angada and Chandraketu. In the
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of Mithila as his own daughter. She married Rama of Ayodhya and accompanied him on his exile. She is famed for her virtue and beauty and is regarded as an
692:. He was an old friend of Dasharatha (Rama's father). Jatayu's wings were lopped off and killed by Ravana when he tried to save Sita during her abduction. 914:. Mandavi was married to Rama's brother Bharata. After the Ramayana, she became the queen of Gandhara and had two sons, Pushkala and Taksha, who founded 1491:'s a most trusted minister. He knew many secrets about the royal family, including what he had heard from the conversation between King Dasharatha and 433:. Once, Kaikeyi saved Dasharatha in a battle, and as a reward, she acquired two boons from her husband to be invoked at a later time. Manipulated by 850:. He was deeply devoted to his brother, whom he followed through many dangerous adventures and quests. He was married to Sita's younger sister, 1939: 1807: 1782: 507:
by cutting off her nose and ears, Khara and Dushana went to war against Lakshmana and Rama. During this fight, Dushana was killed by Rama.
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A yaksha who performed a yajna to get an heir, with the strength equal to thousand elephants. After the ritual, he got a daughter named
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The youngest son of King Dasharatha. He was born to queen Sumitra and was a twin brother of Lakshmana. He was married to Sita's cousin
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A rakshasa (demon) who plays a role in the kidnapping of Sita, Rama's wife, by assuming the form of a golden deer. His mother was
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was granted to Atikaya, that could only be pierced by a Brahmastra, during the battle when Lakshmana struggled to kill Atikaya.
1981: 535:'s request, she assumed the form of a river and flowed down to the earth with the assistance of Shiva and became the river 553:, and one of the allies of Rama. He helps the deity and his companions be ferried across the river Ganga during his exile. 2627: 1929: 183:
to kidnap Sita, thus indirectly making him one of the masterminds behind the war. Later he was killed in the battle by
1565:: A demoness who was assigned the duty of guarding Sita who was kidnapped by the king of Lanka. In later adaptions of 933:
The chief consort of Ravana. The epic describes her as beautiful, pious, and righteous. Mandodari was the daughter of
764:: The mother of Rama and the first consort of King Dasharatha. She is also described to be the king's favourite wife. 1355:
envious Shurpanakha attacked Sita but was thwarted by Lakshmana, who cut off her nose and ears and sent her back to
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king Sumali by his wife Ketumati/Ketumali. Her elder sisters, Raka and Pushpotkata, were also wives of Vishrava.
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was the prime minister in the court of Ayodhya. He was extremely loyal to the rulers of Ayodhya and was King
2701: 1532:: The wife of Vali, and the mother of Angada. She was the queen of Kishkindha and is regarded as one of the 1746:, he gained a number of spiritual powers. He took Rama on a quest to defeat a demon and to lift the bow of 636:. In the epic, he is described to be a great warrior and master of illusions. he is also known as Indraari. 2813: 2778: 2096: 2027: 1025:: The commander-in-chief of the vanara army in Rama's battle against Ravana. Along with his twin brother 2792: 1451:. Sugriva aided Rama in his quest to liberate his wife Sita from the captivity at the hands of Ravana. 499:, the younger male cousin of Ravana, and son of Kaikesi's sister Raka. They were demons who ruled the 2694: 2657: 2445: 2387: 1964: 1774:
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1312: 862:: one of the two sons of Rama and Sita. He had a twin brother named Kusha, one of the youths to whom 2806: 2764: 2743: 2722: 2367: 1884: 1512: 1350:
and Kaikesi; and the younger sister of Ravana. She met Rama during one such visit to the forest of
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1289:. Both Rama and Ravana were great to devotees of Shiva. Some versions of the epic also describe 1152:. His kidnapping of Rama's wife Sita is the central event that sparked the conflict of the epic. 651:: The king of the bears. He was created by Brahma to assist Rama in his struggle against Ravana. 1829:. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p.  2872: 2757: 2715: 2680: 2581: 2377: 2264: 2089: 2001: 1977: 1935: 1902: 1803: 1778: 1772: 1768: 1739: 1727:
with whom he had three sons (Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana) and a daughter (Shurpanakha).
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Rama's army. Later, when Rama defeated Ravana, Rama crowned Vibhishana as the king of Lanka.
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and Ketumathi. He also had four sisters. He was one of the survivors of the battle between
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again attempted to rain flesh and blood on the sage's yajna, Subahu was killed by Rama.
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met Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana during their exile and gave them a divine bow and arrow.
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offered in order to get a son. He was married to Dasharatha's daughter Shanta.
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Rama and his brothers in the company of Raja Dashratha and his three queens.
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king of Lanka. He is the main antagonist of the epic. He was the son of
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to Anjana's womb, and thus Hanuman was born as an incarnation of Shiva.
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of Ayodhya. She was the mother of the twins Lakshmana and Shatrughna.
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named Hema. Mandodari bears two sons: Meghanada (Indrajit) and
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The principal female figure of the epic. The reincarnation of
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527:. Because of her incomparable beauty, she was given to the 243:: Mother of Hanuman. According to a version of the legend, 1629:, the biological son of Vriksharaja, the elder brother of 163:: A a maternal uncle of Ravana. He was one of ten sons of 842:, and a half-brother of Rama. He was the twin brother of 1954:
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with rains of flesh and blood. Vishvamitra approached
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A beautiful woman who was transformed into a demon (
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One of the eight sons of Lanka's commander-in-chief
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Chandrabhagha 's two daughters Mandavi and 8: 2023:"Rama Brings Ahalya Back to Her Living Form" 1688:A Danava and the husband of Ravana's sister 1293:as one of the avatars of Shiva. His wife is 2104: 2090: 2082: 1580:A son of Ravana. He was killed by Hanuman. 1447:was his wife. He was the spiritual son of 748:The third and most favorable wife of King 309:, that an otherwise invincible armour of 1823:Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). 1431:A vanara. He was the younger brother of 366:were married to Rama's younger brothers 32: 1760: 823:: one of the two sons of Rama and Sita. 688:: A divine bird and the younger son of 429:. Dasharatha also had a daughter named 2000:. Dreamland Publications. p. 32. 1860:"Know interesting things about Ravana" 1675:A younger brother of Ravana. Though a 910:. She also had a younger sister named 329:he second son of Dasharatha, born to 7: 1435:, whom he succeeded as ruler of the 1011:: A son of Ravana. He was killed by 581:(life long celibate) and one of the 1602:, she is stated to be an avatar of 1931:The Book of Avatars and Divinities 1742:who was once a king. Through long 922:, now called Taxila, respectively. 891:He had two younger brothers named 523:River goddess and the daughter of 337:. He was married to Sita's cousin 333:, and the younger half brother of 25: 711:Kaikasi (Nikasha, Malini, Sukeshi 573:companion and devotee of the god 1798:Pollet, Gilbert (January 1995). 1963:Valmiki Ramayana translated by 1548:) once she tried to seduce the 1323:. She also had an elder sister 918:, then called Purushapura, and 2050:"Subahu - Asura Slain by Rama" 1495:. He helped Rama in his exile. 1379:of the goddess of prosperity, 341:with whom he had two children. 1: 1918:– via Internet Archive. 1719:with whom he had a son named 1327:. Shrutakirti was married to 1263:with whom he had two children 503:. After Lakshmana humiliated 257:, who was born on earth as a 1625:. He was a spiritual son of 786:when he attacked Rama after 774:. He is the twin brother of 733:. She was a daughter of the 677:during the encounter in the 495:. He is the twin brother of 207:during the encounter in the 137:say that she was seduced by 1503:The second consort of King 483:. He was killed by Hanuman. 245: 2899: 2878:Characters in the Ramayana 1707:, the brother of the sage 1371:, Sita was raised by King 999:, and the twin brother of 64:. It was composed by sage 2202: 1226:: The daughter of a King 1111:. He was the son of King 1087:'s army. He was a son of 2883:Lists of character lists 1119:and his eldest consort, 1068:over Shiva's broken bow 838:: The third son of King 467:. She was the mother of 48:is one of the two major 2072:"Ram7 5 - AncientVoice" 1994:Praśānta Guptā (1998). 1307:: The daughter of king 401:. He had three queens, 2814:Sri Ramayana Darshanam 2779:Ramayana Kalpavruksham 2209: 2028:The New Indian Express 1826:India through the ages 1641:. 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