Kumbhakarna

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Kumbhakarna

(Sk.)

The brother of King Ravana of Lanka, the ravisher of Rama’s wife, Sita. As shown in the Ramayana, Kumbhakarna under a curse of Brahmâ slept for six months, and then remained awake one day to fall asleep again, and so on, for many hundreds of years. He was awakened to take part in the war between Rama and Ravana, captured Hanuman, but was finally killed himself (TG).

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Shortly: The brother of King Ravana of Lanka, the ravisher of Rama’s wife, Sita. As shown in the Ramayana, ...