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- Ravana is a well-known figure in the Hindu pantheon and one of the most disputed in his achievements. A cruel demon and a benevolent emperor, some even argue that Ravana was a Buddhist King, but there is little evidence to support this claim.
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Ravana's paternal grandfather, the sage Pulastya, [18] was one of the ten Prajapatis, or mind-born sons of Brahma, and one of the Saptarishi (seven great sages) in the first Manvantara (age of Manu). His maternal grandfather was Sumali (or Sumalaya), the king of the Rakshasas and the son of Sukesha.
Some even go as far as to insist that Ravana was a Buddhist king and holds him to be the creator of monasteries found in Sri Lanka like Kuragala and Rahalgala.
Aug 11, 2019 · This paper considers the appropriation of Ravana, the demon-king antagonist of the famed Ramayana epic, as a Sinhala Buddhist cultural hero in the context of twenty-first-century, post-war Sri Lanka.
- Pathmanesan Sanmugeswaran, Krishantha Fedricks, Justin W. Henry
- 2019
Aug 11, 2019 · This paper considers the appropriation of Ravana, the demon-king antagonist of the famed Ramayana epic, as a Sinhala Buddhist cultural hero in the context of twenty-first-century, post-war...
Bhadrajee S. Hewage. University of Oxford. In Ravana’s Kingdom, originally a quest to discover whether a Sinhalese version of the Ramayana existed, Justin Henry delves far deeper and highlights various adaptions and revisions of the epic in Sri Lanka from the fourteenth century to the present day.
Oct 17, 2021 · Ravana is a well-known figure in the Hindu pantheon and one of the most disputed in his achievements. A cruel demon and a benevolent emperor, some even argue that Ravana was a Buddhist King, but there is little evidence to support this claim.
Aug 31, 2024 · Vijaya brought Mahayana Buddhism to Lanka and this was apparently the first time Buddhism came to the island, a fact that Jayawardene debunks through archaeological evidence.
