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Rāvaṇa

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | 198 words | Copyright

Rāvaṇa. The demon king of Lanka and leader of the rākṣasas. He is the antagonist of Rāma, and is represented in Ramāyāṇa as the embodiment of evil.

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