11. HE GOT THE NAME RAVANA LATER IN LIFE, AND THAT TOO FROM SHIVA.
Ravana wanted Shiva to relocate from Kailash to Lanka, and to make this possible, he tried to lift the mountrain. But Shiva, being who he is, put down his foot onto the mountain, thus crushing Ravan’s finger with his one toe. Ravana let out a huge roar of pain, but at the same time, he was so enamored by Shiva’s power, he performed the Shiva tandav stotram. It is believed that Ravana plucked out nerves from his own hand to provide accompanying music. Shiva, thus impressed, named him Ravana (the one who roars loud).
12. RAVANA WAS SHAMED BY HIS OWN WIFE, WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO HIS DOWNFALL
When Ram’s army was slowly defeating Ravan’s, and he was the only one left alive, Ravana decided to perform a powerful yagya to turn the tide. But it required him to stay put and not leave his spot. Seeing this, Ram sent Angad, Bali’s son and his vaanar sena to disrupt the yagya. After they failed to do so, Angad dragged Ravan’s wife Mandodari. Ravana still didn’t move. Then she screamed at him and shamed him by telling how Ram was fighting a war to get his wife back while Ravana wasn’t moving from his spot to save his wife. Ravana finally moved, leaving his yagya incomplete.
13. RAVANA AS DOCTOR
Ravana was a great Aryuvedic physician and Vaidya Shiromani.His wrote valuable book Nadi Pariksha(detailing of pulse-examination).,Arka Shastra(compiling usage and dosage and cures of every herb for complex diseases) Arka Pariksha(work tinctures and extracts.),Kumara Tantraya(Gynecology and Peadetric Medicine), Uddisa Chiktsaya, Oddiya Chikitsa, and Vatina Prakaranaya. Ravana was the founder of SINDHURAM medicine. This medicine cured wounds instantly.
14. HALF BRAHMIN AND HALF DEMON
We all know that Ravana used to be an evil Demon of Lanka, but what most of us don’t know is that Raavana was actually not a demon. Instead he was actually half Brahmin and half demon. Even though his father was a learned rishi however, his mother Kaikasi was a demon.
15. A BRIGHT SCHOLAR
He was a great warrior as well as a learned scholar. Raavana was regarded as the most brilliant demon who had thorough knowledge of 4 Vedas and 6 Upanishads. Once he was known as Dahanana (ten headed demon), but he was crowned with the name “Raavana” as he tried to destroy Mount Kailash where Lord Shiva was meditating. However, Lord Shiva on the other hand forced the whole mountain with his toe and crushed Raavanas forearm. Feeling the pain, he screamed in agony and came to be known as Raavana (the one who screams). Since then he became a devotee of Lord Shiva and wrote the Shiva Stotram.
The Scholar Ravana was a master of many sciences. He was well versed with Ayurveda. He has authored Ravana Samhita which talks about the science of ayurveda. Ravana was also the greatest astrologer of hist time, and was aware of esoteric practices similar to black magic. Once he captured all the nine planets and vehemently made all of them to be in lagna bhava to make Meghanatha, his son, the greatest of all. Ravana knew 64 different kinds of arts and had a deep understanding of the vedas.
Ravana was a master of tantra vidya and created an optical illusion of thoughts while fighting his enemies. His wrote “ravana samhita” a famous Book which is an excellent compilation of his scholarly works
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