King Ravana
👑️ Ravana King Genealogy ❤️🙏☸️🇱🇰
🔰Rajya Samaya:-Treta Yuga
🔰King Ravana's mother's father:- King Sumali
🔰 Father's father :- Pulasthi Srishivaraya
🔰 Mother:- Princess Kaikasi
🔰Father :- Vaishrava Srishivaraya
🔰Queen :- Princess Mandodari
🔰 Queen's father:- Sage Vishravasa
🔰Queen's mother:- Hemapsara
🔰Brothers :- Kuvera, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana
🔰Son :- Meghnad aka Indrajit
the prince
🔰Daughter:- Princess Vavasohili
🔰Sister :- Suparnaka
🔰Mamandiya:- Kalanemi Srishivaraya
King Ravana is currently a popular topic being discussed in Sri Lanka. Many people are searching for this. Among the books containing information about the history of the main streams of Sri Lanka, Ravana is mentioned on two occasions in the Rajavali. There it is also mentioned how Lankapura was destroyed by an overflowing of the sea due to his rudra kriyas. But in Rajavali, the time interval between Lord Buddha and Ravana is stated as follows. In this note, we will not discuss whether King Ravana was in Sri Lanka or not, but we will only note a few facts identified by consulting various books. That too, only in the case of Sri Lanka.
Everyone knows that the first discussion about King Ravana and Lankapura is in the Ramayana. Valmiki wrote this as an epic around the 7th century BC. Mahabharata is written as another epic after this Ramayana. Vyasa is said to have composed the Mahabharata. Although many people have not read these two books, there is no doubt that they have watched the movies and TV dramas based on them. Through this, Indians are working to cultivate their internationalism as well as mine their talent. Now one group accepts the stories in these books as true and another group does not. The Jataka Pali of the Tripitaka contains a Jataka story called Dasharatha Jataka, and many of the stories contained in the story are included in the Ramayana. Therefore, one can raise the argument that this Jataka story was favored in the composition of the Ramayana as well as its opposite argument.
However, Lankapura is mentioned in Ramayana and Mahabharata as well as Rajavali. According to the Ramayana, Lankapura was ruled by King Ravana. King Ravana forcibly brings Princess Sita, the wife of Prince Rama, to this Lankapura. Later he keeps Princess Sita at a certain place in Lankapura. Later, Hanuman, a devotee of Lord Rama, came to Lankapura, found this place, went there to meet Princess Sita, gave her hope and after burning Lankapura also went to Lord Rama. It is with this that the saying 'like a monkey on fire' comes into use. Later, Prince Rama comes to Lankapura with his army, kills King Ravana after a war and goes to India with Princess Sita. It goes to India in King Ravana's own plane. Prince Vibhishana, a brother of King Ravana, is also in this plane. Later Lankapura is entrusted by King Rama to Vibhishana. Thus Lankapura is described in the Ramayana. We do not know whether Valmiki who wrote the Ramayana came to Sri Lanka or not. But he has presented a clear description of Lankapuraya. Mahabharata also mentions about Vibhishana who became the kingdom of Lankapura in this way. He is mentioned as a king involved in the Rajasuya Yagya.
In this way, let us take this opportunity to present the idea that Lankapura, which is called in Ramayana and Mahabharata, is present day Sri Lanka itself and some inconsistent notes, according to Indian sources. Readers should keep in mind that this is an opinion presented from the scriptures and not confirmed.
Accordingly, if we pay attention to the aforesaid Dasharatha Jataka, the prince Rama shown in it will travel to the Himalayan forest for the wilderness. The Ramayana does not show that King Ravana's rule extended to such an extent. But King Ravana also maintained his rule in a part of India.
According to the Ramayana and other recognizable Sanskrit texts, Lankapura of King Ravana is located in the middle of an island in the South Sea near the equator or near the center of the world. This island is known as Rakshasa Island. The capital of Rakshasa Island is Lankapura. This monster island is about a hundred yodans away from South India. About 700 miles on average. It is true that Sri Lanka is located close to the equator. But there is a problem with the distance. Further details in this regard are given below.
1. In the Vanaparva and Sabhaparva parts of the Mahabharata, the text Sinhala Deepa has been used. One of the names Sri Lanka was known by in the past was Thaprobane. Or the name Tamba Panni. This name also appears in the Mahavamsa. Ptolemy also uses this name. One of the Pandava princes in the Mahabharata, Sahadeva (who is said to have spread power in South India), conquered the Tambapannia and Ramaka mountains and sent emissaries to the Ceylon king Vibhishana. Here two places are given as Thambapannia and Sri Lanka and above we called Thambapannia as another name used for Sri Lanka.
2. The Vanaparva section of the Mahabharata mentions Sri Krishna meeting the Pandavas on their way to the wilderness. Seeing their nature, Krishna gets very angry with the Kauravas and he vents that anger there. While venting his anger, Krishna, among other things, mentions that kings from all countries of India came and joined for the Rajasuya Yagya and also mentions the kings of Sinhalese and Ceylon. Thus the author of Mahabharata has described Ceylon and Sinhalese as separate states.
3. No doubt you have heard of Markandaya Purana. It is one of the ancients. There, while describing the countries of South India, two countries are mentioned as Ceylon and Sinhalese.
4. In the 19th chapter of the 5th mass of the Lord Bhagavata, eight small islands related to Jambu Deepa are described. Accordingly, the 7th island is Sinhalese and the 8th island is Sri Lanka.
5. Varaha Mihira, a well-known Jyotishacharya, while describing the countries of South India, has mentioned Sri Lanka and the Sinhalese country as different from each other and has also mentioned that there is a country called 'Rishabha' in the media.
6. In addition to this, Sri Lanka and Sinhala are also mentioned as different countries in Sanskrit dramas. For example, let us mention the play Bala Ramayana by the poet Rajasekhara. Rajasekara was a dramatist of the 9th century. In the third part of this play, 'Sita's Swayamvaraya' is about a play performed in front of King Ravana of Lankapura. In each play, the Sinhalese king is there to take Sita's hand. His name is also Rajasekhara. Accordingly Ravana and the King of Sinhalese are two. Similarly, in the tenth part of the play, Rama, who is returning from Sri Lanka to Ayodhya in the Pushpaka Vimana, shows Sri Lankapura to Sita and the place where he fought with Ravana. At this time Divibhishana is also with them in Pushpaka Vimana. Further, Rama points out the Sinhala lamp when Sita is questioned. Thus it appears that Sri Lanka and Sinhala Deepa are different places.
Accordingly, if Sinhala Deepa and Sri Lanka are different places, we should ask where Sri Lanka is.
Suryavansa and Ravana
Reading Deepavamsa you will find a list of kings. It begins with King Mahasammata. Also, the cities related to those kings are also mentioned there. A certain group of people living in Sri Lanka today are trying to include Ravana in this Mahasammatta kingdom. However, no Ravana is included in the dynasty starting from Mahasammata included in Deepavamsa or Mahavamsa. The aforementioned people blame Ashoka as the reason. As it is. This kingdom mentioned in Deepavamsa includes a king named Okkaka and that king Okkaka is also mentioned in Mahavamsa. This king Okkaka is also considered by some to be King Ikshvaku. According to the Indian Suryavamsa, the main king is Ikshvaku and Rama belongs to that Suryavamsa. Now a certain group of people in Sri Lanka call Ravana a Suryavanshika. If so, he must have existed during the time of Rama. In Dasharatha Jataka, Lord Buddha preaches that he is Rama Pandit. That is Rama's father Dasharatha. According to the Deepavamsa royal list, Rama is the king after Dasharatha. According to Indian Suryavamsa or Ikshvaku's lineage, Dasharatha is succeeded by Bharata and then by Rama. King Renu is mentioned before King Dasharatha is mentioned in Deepavamsa. This Renu king is mentioned in the Maha Govinda Sutra. Thus, according to Indian literature and according to Deepavamsa, there has been King Rama. There is no explanation as to how he too became a Suryavamshika and Ravana also became a Suryavamshika. Therefore, the attempt to connect the Ravana character with Suryavansa appears to be a mere fiction.
On the other hand there is another point. Lord Buddha is a descendant of Surya and Rama is related to his lineage. Some say that in AD It tries to show that Ravana is a Buddhist by proving the Sri Lankatara Sutra created in the era. But they do not deny that Ravana fought with Rama. Then the name of Lord Gautama Buddha has not come down in relation to this time. There is no other Buddha at this time. Since the Sri Lankatara Sutra talks about Ravana with Dasis, it is not possible to escape by saying that the Ravana mentioned there is another king who used that name. This shows that the Sri Lankatara Sutra's later reference to Ravana from Sri Lanka or South India cannot be used to prove Ravana's existence.
Ikshvaku's lineage goes back to the Prasenajit Kosala of Kosala. His son was Vidudaha, and after a few of them, Sumitrava, who became king in BC. Around 362, the Magadha king Mahapadma was defeated by Nanda.
I mentioned only an idea about the Ikshvaku lineage or Suryavansa. Anyone can study this genealogy by referring to Deepavamsa as well as Indian ancient texts, Ramayana, Mahabharata and Jain literature. According to the Mahavamsa, these Suryavanshikas also joined the government of Sri Lanka, but after a while they merged with the Sinhalese lineage. There is no plausible way of linking Ravana to any of these lineages. In such a situation, debates based on a king called Ravana cannot be recognized as debates with a foundation.
