Originally posted by: deepikagupta9
He was known as dashanan , coz he had knowledge of 10 directions
Mahapandit in all vidyas
He was great scholar of Vedas & sanskrit
Extraordinary veena player
Created shiv tandav shrotam
He was a great king , lanka prosper in his reign.
One of d biggest lord shiv devotee
He wrote Ravan samitha on Hindu astrology
He was great practitioner of statecraft , even lord Ram send lakshman to him to learn statecraft & diplomacy
He managed to interfere in planetery alignments during meghnad birth
His contribution in field of medicine
A Powerful warrior
Ye kuch hi qualities, abhi aur bhi hai jo usse dusro se alag banata hai , thou I know he was a rapist & abducter & much more but still duryodhana can't be compare with him. I don't compare I saw people compare him with duryodhana in Quora.
Yes raavan is villain but if u read about him & meghnad then they r very interesting characters.