ur fav character from ramayan? - Page 3

Originally posted by: manzilmukul

Well I do not have any fav character in Ramayan ...But Yes I am fascinated by Ravana...He was an interesting character who has diff interpretation in diff cultures .His VIRTUES all went into drain due to his arrogance,pride but he was greatest SHIV bhakta and a prakand vidwaan...I love this whole mystery and layers in the character of Ravana.He has so many any facets which are not touched in Rama charita manas..

Not many people know that Ravan infact authored a BOOK named Arka Prakasha considered as a major grantha in Ayurveda which deals with different aspects in Ayurveda but the major contribution of Arka Prakash is the art of arka extraction (steam distillation )of volatile oils😳.So Ravana is any day fascinating for me.

Originally posted by: manzilmukul

Ravan was the author of many books like the Samaveda, Nadi Prakasha, Kumara Tantra(Pediatrics in Ayurveda), Uddisha Tantra, Prakrurtha Kamadhenu, and Sivathandawa Sthothra and the Ayurvedic book 'Arka Prakasha'. He was also a proficient Ayurvedic Physician. The art of distilling of Arka and the preparation of Asawa(A type of Ayurvedic Medicine prepared by fermentation) was his invention states Ayurvedic history. He invented the 'Varuni' machine to brew Arka. Ravana was the founder of SINDHURAM(For eg rasasindura and Sidha makardhwaja -these are mercury preparations) medicine. These medicine cured wounds instantly. He was known as Vaidya Shiromani as he rendered valuable service to Ayurveda. He was a divine pharmacologist and a Dhyana yogi.

Arti I have Arka Prakasha with me ...Arka is basically steam distillation extract of plants containing Volatile oils.Also Ravan was the Prakand Vidwan of Nadi Vigyaan..(Diagnosis by Pulse examination)

wow piu..never knew so much about ravan..he has invented all these😲 ...interesting
btw samveda by ravan??? 🤔,,i dont think so..was it not by Brahma...

and yea i agree ravan has got so many layers ..even till date ravan is worshipped as God in some parts of Sri Lanka..

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i googled and found out he has written some parts of rig veda...piu thanks for this information...now when i google am seeing all these contributions by ravan which u listed

he was musician also 😲

" In Karnatic music, Ravana is treated as the originator of some Ragas. It is certain that Ravana's knowledge about Music and its technicalities were excellent. It is said the 10 heads portrayed to Ravana is symbolic of his versatility in many fields of knowledge and may be especially music (Das kandha = the one with 10 types of voices). "

My fav is Seeta...I always admired her courage and conviction to voluntarily undertake agnipareeksha, knowing and understanding her husband's dilemma, she was not only ideal and devoted wife for a weak husband(before you all start raising your fists please refer to the link I have attached) but also a self-confident and self-reliant woman who single handedly brought up her two children when banished to exile by her husband...more info here...

Piu,thank you for the info🤗 I had read a lot of stories about this.Ravana was a well versed pandit,an accomplished musician and a huge shiv bhakt.He was also a benevolent king to his praja...his people were happy under his rule.If only he had remained humble and had not dared to covet another man's wife which proved to his downfall.Ravana is an important character.Without him there would be no Ramayana.I would love to see someone show us his side of the story.I always wanted to see that.

Originally posted by: manzilmukul

Well I do not have any fav character in Ramayan ...But Yes I am fascinated by Ravana...He was an interesting character who has diff interpretation in diff cultures .His VIRTUES all went into drain due to his arrogance,pride but he was greatest SHIV bhakta and a prakand vidwaan...I love this whole mystery and layers in the character of Ravana.He has so many any facets which are not touched in Rama charita manas..

Not many people know that Ravan infact authored a BOOK named Arka Prakasha considered as a major grantha in Ayurveda which deals with different aspects in Ayurveda but the major contribution of Arka Prakash is the art of arka extraction (steam distillation )of volatile oils😳.So Ravana is any day fascinating for me.