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Ravana

Ravana proper noun: the king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana.

ravana: the king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana
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Proper noun

Ravana

  1. (Hinduism) The king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana.

Ravana meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

Ravana in Hindi

The king of the asuras
रावण rāvaṇ

Ravana in Tamil

The king of the asuras
இராவணன் irāvaṇaṉ

Ravana in Bengali

The king of the asuras
রাবণ rabon

Ravana in Telugu

The king of the asuras
రావణుడు rāvaṇuḍu
More languagesFewer languages
Ravana in Malayalam
രാവണന് rāvaṇaṉ
Ravana in Kannada
ರಾವಣ rāvaṇa
Ravana in Odia
ରାବଣ rābaṇa
Ravana in Sanskrit
रावण rāvaṇa
Ravana in Sinhala
රාවන rāwana, රාවණා rāwaṇā
Ravana in Assamese
ৰাৱণ rawon
Ravana in Indonesian
Rahwana
Ravana in Thai
ทศกัณฐ์ tót-sà-gan
Ravana in Myanmar
ရာဝဏ rawa.na., ဒဿဂီရိ da.ssa.giri.

Origin of Ravana

Borrowed from Sanskrit रावण (rāvaṇa).

Questions about Ravana

What does Ravana mean?
Ravana means the king of the asuras, ruler of Lanka and killed by Rama in Ramayana.
What is Ravana in Hindi?
Ravana in Hindi is रावण (rāvaṇ). See Ravana meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Ravana?
Ravana is a proper noun.

Words near Ravana in the dictionary

  1. ravagings
  2. Raval
  3. Ravalli
  4. Ravalli County
  5. Ravals
  6. Ravana
  7. ravanahatha
  8. ravanastron
  9. ravatite
  10. rave
  11. rave drug

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Ravana (page history and authors); रावण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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