Ravana's ancestry, birth and boons

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Ravana's father was a sage; his mother's raksasa kin gave him the temper.

Pulastya's son Visravas weds Devavarnini (son Kubera) and, through Kaikasi (daughter of Sumali), has Dasagriva, Kumbhakarna, Surpanakha and Vibhishana. Visravas, in a bad mood, curses Kaikasi's sons to be wicked except the last. Dasagriva sacrifices a head every thousand years and gets near-immunity except from humans, restored heads and shape-shifting; Brahma tricks Kumbhakarna into asking for long sleep; Vibhishana is granted dharma.

Who: Ravana, Visravas, Kaikasi, Kubera, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana, Surpanakha, Sumali

Bound to

Kubera, the Pushpaka and Lanka causes

Rambha, Nalakubara and the curse on Ravana curse→payoff

Places: Lanka

Where this comes from

modern-popular · Uttara Kanda summary, mahavidya.ca (Book 7 part 1) no sarga numbers on page

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