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{{Dictkey|སྒྲ་སྒྲོགས་ཀྱི་བུ།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''sgra sgrogs kyi bu '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' dra drok kyi bu}} | {{Dictkey|སྒྲ་སྒྲོགས་ཀྱི་བུ།}} ([[Wyl.]] ''sgra sgrogs kyi bu '') {{Color|#808080|''Pron.:'' dra drok kyi bu}} | ||
* ''Skt.'' रावणः, rāvaṇa, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' ravana}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} with | or | only in this sense to explain the name of the famous Rākshasa | N. of the ruler of Lañkā or Ceylon and the famous chief of the Rākshasas or demons whose destruction by Rāmacandra forms the subject of the Rāmāyaṇa (as son of Viśravas he was younger brother of Kubera, but by a different mother, Ilavila being the mother of Kubera, and Keśinī of the three other brothers Rāvaṇa Vibhīshaṇa, and Kumbha-karṇa | he is one of the worst of the many impersonations of evil common in Hindū mythology | he has ten heads and 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, so the other gods produced innumerable monkeys, bears, and various semi-divine animals to do battle with the legions of demons, his subjects, under Khara, Dūshaṇa, and his other generals | fr. | N. of a prince of Kaśmīra | of various authors {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}} | * ''Skt.'' रावणः, rāvaṇa, {{Color|#006060|''Pron.:'' ravana}}. From {{Color|#006060|''Sanskrit:''}} with | or | only in this sense to explain the name of the famous Rākshasa | N. of the ruler of Lañkā or Ceylon and the famous chief of the Rākshasas or demons whose destruction by Rāmacandra forms the subject of the Rāmāyaṇa (as son of Viśravas he was younger brother of Kubera, but by a different mother, Ilavila being the mother of Kubera, and Keśinī of the three other brothers Rāvaṇa Vibhīshaṇa, and Kumbha-karṇa | he is one of the worst of the many impersonations of evil common in Hindū mythology | he has ten heads and 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, so the other gods produced innumerable monkeys, bears, and various semi-divine animals to do battle with the legions of demons, his subjects, under Khara, Dūshaṇa, and his other generals | fr. | N. of a prince of Kaśmīra | of various authors {{Context|[[:Category:Mahavyutpatti|Mahavyutpatti]]}} {{Context|[[:Category:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]]}} {{Dictref|[[MVP]]}} {{Dictref|[[MW]]}} | ||
[[Category:Mahavyutpatti]][[Category:Sanskrit]][[Category:Monier-Williams]] | |||
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སྒྲ་སྒྲོགས་ཀྱི་བུ། (Wyl. sgra sgrogs kyi bu ) Pron.: dra drok kyi bu
- Skt. रावणः, rāvaṇa, Pron.: ravana. From Sanskrit: with | or | only in this sense to explain the name of the famous Rākshasa | N. of the ruler of Lañkā or Ceylon and the famous chief of the Rākshasas or demons whose destruction by Rāmacandra forms the subject of the Rāmāyaṇa (as son of Viśravas he was younger brother of Kubera, but by a different mother, Ilavila being the mother of Kubera, and Keśinī of the three other brothers Rāvaṇa Vibhīshaṇa, and Kumbha-karṇa | he is one of the worst of the many impersonations of evil common in Hindū mythology | he has ten heads and 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, so the other gods produced innumerable monkeys, bears, and various semi-divine animals to do battle with the legions of demons, his subjects, under Khara, Dūshaṇa, and his other generals | fr. | N. of a prince of Kaśmīra | of various authors [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW