Name: Ravana
Gender: Male
Usage: Ravana is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Ravana are in general originating from India.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ravana is: An unjust king.
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The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Ravana is ranked on the 73,967th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Ravana has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
In Hindu mythology, Ravana was the king of the raksasa demons. Brother of Kubera the treasurer of the gods. His name first appears in the epic texts Ramaiana and Mahabharata (both from the third century BC.C.).
Rávana is depicted with ten heads (meaning that he possessed great knowledge, expanding in the "ten directions") that earned him the name daśamukha ('ten faces' or 'ten mouths'), Daśagrīva ('ten necks') or Daśakantha ('ten throats'). He is also depicted with ten pairs of arms (meaning he could do the work of ten men).
Ravana was the son of the sage Visravas and Princess Asura Kaikasi (or Keshini, according to the Bhagavata-purana). Her father, the rakshasa Sumalin, wanted her to marry the most powerful human being in the mortal world, in order to produce an exceptional heir. He rejected all the kings of the world because their power was less than his own. Kaikasī searched among the sages and finally chose Visrava, who warned him that since she had approached him at an inappropriate time, he would have an evil son. However, she agreed. Thus, Ravana was born half asura (The asuras are corrupt, ambitious deities, who mostly seek evil) and half Brahmin (translation: a sage, saint).
His abduction of Sita (Rama's wife) and his death at the hands of Rama are the main facts.
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