The demonic king of Lanka who conquered the universe and abducted the wife of the Supreme Lord Rama, who therefore invaded his kingdom and killed him.

The monster-king of Ceylon, who forcibly abducted Sita, the wife of Rama. His life and exploits are described in the Ramayana.

A Demon-King who, in the Râmâyana epic, ruled over the Lanka Island, after He dismissed his half-brother Kubera Kubera. He had ten heads and twenty arms. He kidnapped Sîtâ, the Râma's wife, but was finally destroyed by the latter after a long fierce battle

the chief of the raksasas who abducted sita and was slain by her husband Rama].

In Hinduism, Ravana (Devanagari: रावण, IAST ; sometimes transliterated Raavana and as Ravan) is the principal antagonist of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. According to Ramayana, he was a king of Lanka many thousands of years ago.