Ravana

See also: ravana

English

Ravana

Etymology

From Sanskrit रावण (rāvaṇa).

Proper noun

Ravana

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

Translations

The king of the asuras

• Assamese: ৰাৱণ (rawon)
• Bengali: রাবণ (bn) (rabon)
• Burmese: ရာဝဏ (rawa.na.), ဒဿဂီရိ (da.ssa.giri.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅波那／罗波那

• Gondi: రావణ్ (rāvaṇ)
• Hindi: रावण (hi) m (rāvaṇ)
• Indonesian: Rahwana
• Kannada: ರಾವಣ (kn) (rāvaṇa)
• Khmer: រាពណ៍ (km) (réapn៍)
• Lao: ທົດສະກັນ (thot sa kan)
• Malayalam: രാവണന് (rāvaṇaṉ)
• Odia: ରାବଣ (or) (rābaṇa)
• Russian: Ра́вана m (Rávana)
• Sinhalese: රාවන (rāwana), රාවණා (rāwaṇā)
• Tamil: இராவணன் (ta) (irāvaṇaṉ)
• Telugu: రావణుడు (te) (rāvaṇuḍu)
• Thai: ทศกัณฐ์ (th) (tót-sà-gan)
• Tibetan: ར་ལྦ་ན (ra lba na)