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Ravana
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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In the Hindu mythology the king of the demons, who carried off Sita, the wife of Râma, to Ceylon, which, with the help of the monkey-god Hanuman, and a host of quadrumana, Râma invaded and conquered, slaying his wife's ravisher, and bringing her off safe, a story which forms the subject of the Hindu epic, "Râmâyana."
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ravana'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/ravana.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ravana'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/r/ravana.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
