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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

रावणrāvaṇaa.Crying, screaming, roaring, bewailing; इत्युक्त्वा परुषं वाक्यं रावणः शत्रुरावणः Rām.3.56. 26 (com. शत्रून्…
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Crying, screaming, roaring, bewailing; इत्युक्त्वा परुषं वाक्यं रावणः शत्रुरावणः Rām.3.56. 26 (com. शत्रून् रावयति क्रोशयति शत्ररावणः).
Derived forms and compounds
- -णः Name of a celebrated demon, king of Laṅkā and the chief of the Rākṣhasas; स रावणो नाम निकामभीषणं बभूव रक्षः क्षतरक्षणं दिवः Śi.1.48. [He was the son of Viśravas by Keśinī or Kaikaśī and so half-brother of Kuber. He is calledPaulastya as being a grandson of the sage Pulastya. Laṅkā was originally occupied by Kubera, but Rāvaṇa ousted him from it and made it his own capital. He had ten heads (and hence his names Daśagrīva, Daśavadana etc.) and twenty arms, and according to some, four legs (Compare R.12.88 and Malli.). He is represented to have practised the most austere penance for ten thousand years in order to propitiate the god Brahman, and to have offered one head at the end of each one thousand years. Thus he offered nine of his heads and was going to offer the tenth when the God was pleased and granted him immunity from death by either god or man. On the strength of this boon he grew very tyrannical and oppressed all beings. His power became so great that even the gods are said to have acted as his domestic servants. He conquered almost all the kings of the day, but is said to have been imprisoned by Kārtavīrya for some time when he went to attack his territory. On one occasion he tried to uplift the Kailāsa mountain, but Śiva pressed it down so as to crush his fingers under it. He, therefore, hymned Śiva for one thousand years so loudly that the God gave him the name Rāvaṇa and freed him from his painful position. But though he was so powerful and invincible, the day of retribution drew near. While Rāma - who was Viṣṇu descended on earth for the destruction of this very demon - was passing his years of exile in the forest, Rāvaṇa carried off his wife Sītā and urged her to become his wife but she persistently refused and remained loyal to her husband. At last Rāma assisted by his monkey-troops invaded Laṅkā, annihilated Rāvaṇa's troops and killed the demon himself. He was a worthy opponent of Rāma, and hence the expression: रामरावणयोर्युद्धं रामरावणयोरिव ।].
- -णम्
  
  The act of screaming.
  
  Name of a Muhūrta.
- -अरिः Name of Rāma.
- -गङ्गा Name of a river in Laṅkā.
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आश्रावणम्āśrāvaṇam1 Calling out so as to make one listen.
1. 1 Calling out so as to make one listen.
2. Name of certain short words uttered at ceremonies; ओं स्वधेत्याश्रावणमस्तु स्वधेति प्रत्याश्रावणम् Āśval.
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उच्छ्रावणम्ucchrāvaṇamMaking one hear loudly.

Making one hear loudly.

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ऐरावणairāvaṇa(see ऐरावत below); Indra's elephant (produced at the churning of the ocean), मागधोऽथ महापालो गजमैरावणोपमम्…

(see ऐरावत below); Indra's elephant (produced at the churning of the ocean), मागधोऽथ महापालो गजमैरावणोपमम् Mb.6.62.46. See ऐरावत.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

रावणrāvaṇa[râv-ana] a. causing to wail (g., --˚); m. N. of a ten-headed demon, chief of the Râkshasas, king of Laṅkâ…

[râv-ana] adjective causing to wail (genitive, --˚); masculine noun of a ten-headed demon, chief of the Râkshasas, king of Laṅkâ, younger brother of Kubera, vanquished by Râma; noun of a king of Cashmere: i, masculine patronymic of Indragit and Simhanâda: plural the sons of Râvana.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

रावणrāvaṇamfn. (fr. Caus.) causing to cry (with gen. or ifc.; only in this sense to explain the name of the famous…
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from Causal) causing to cry (with genitive case or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; only in this sense to explain the name of the famous Ra1kshasa राक्षस) MBh. R. etc.
2. masculine gender Name of the ruler of Lan3ka1 लङ्का or Ceylon and the famous chief of the Ra1kshasas राक्षस s or demons whose destruction by Ra1macandra रामचन्द्र forms the subject of the Ra1ma1yan2a रामायण (as son of Vis3ravas विश्रवस् he was younger brother of Kubera कुबेर, but by a different mother, Ilavila इलविल being the mother of Kubera कुबेर, and Kes3ini1 केशिनी of the three other brothers Ra1van2a रावण Vibhi1shan2a विभीषण, and Kumbha-karn2a कुम्भ-कर्ण; he is one of the worst of the many impersonations of evil common in Hindu1 Hindu mythology; he has ten heads and twenty arms, symbolizing strength; this power was, as usual, acquired by self-inflicted austerities, which had obtained from Brahma1 ब्रह्मा a boon, in virtue of which R Ra1van2a रावण was invulnerable by gods and divine beings of all kinds, though not by men or a god in human form; as Vishn2u विष्णु became incarnate in Ra1ma-candra राम-चन्द्र to destroy R Ra1van2a रावण, so the other gods produced innumerable monkeys, bears, and various semi-divine animals to do battle with the legions of demons, his subjects, under Khara खर, Du1shan2a दूषण, and his other generals) MBh. R. Hariv. etc. (IW. 353)
3. masculine gender patronymic from रवण gaRa शिवा*दि
4. masculine gender Name of a prince of Kas3mi1ra कश्मीर Ra1jat.
5. masculine gender of various authors catalogue or catalogues
6. neuter gender the act of screaming etc. MW.
7. neuter gender Name of a Muhu1rta मुहूर्त catalogue or catalogues
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अभ्याश्रावणabhyāśrāvaṇan. (in ritual) calling out or to, Vait.

neuter gender (in ritual) calling out or to, Vait.

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आश्रावणāśrāvaṇan. causing to listen, calling out (especially with the words ओम्, स्वधा, &c.) S3Br.

neuter gender causing to listen, calling out (especially with the words ओम्, स्वधा, etc.) S3Br.

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ऐरावणairāvaṇam. (fr. इरा-वन्), N. of Indra इन्द्र 's elephant MBh. Hariv. Lalit.
1. masculine gender (from इरा-वन्), Name of Indra इन्द्र 's elephant MBh. Hariv. Lalit.
2. masculine gender Name of a Na1ga नाग MBh. ii (confer, compare the next.)
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कंसविद्रावणकरीkaṃsavidrāvaṇakarīf. "driver away of Kan6sa कंस", N. of Durga1 दुर्गा MBh. iv, 180.

feminine "driver away of Kan6sa कंस", Name of Durga1 दुर्गा MBh. iv, 180.

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