Is Ravan Sita's father??????

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Posted: 9 years ago
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I found this thing, when I was searching for biological parents of Sita...

  • Reincarnation of Manivati: According to Gunabhadra's Uttara Purana of the ninth century BCE, Ravana disturbs the asceticism of Manivati, daughter of Amitavega of Alkapuri, and she pledges to take revenge on Ravana. Manivati is later reborn as the daughter of Ravana and Mandodari. But, astrologers predict ruin of Ravana because of this child. So, Ravana orders to kill the child. Manivati is placed in a casket and buried in the ground of Mithila where she is discovered by some of the farmers of the kingdom. Then Janka, king of that state adopts her.[14]
  • Ravana's daughter: In Sanghadasa's Jaina version of Ramayana and also in Adbhuta Ramayana, Sita, entitled Vasudevahindi, is born as daughter of Ravana. According to this version, astrologers predict that first child of Vidyadhara Maya (Ravana's wife) will destroy his lineage. Thus, Ravana abandons her and orders the infant to be buried in a distant land where she is later discovered and adopted by Janaka.

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Posted: 9 years ago
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If this is true then ,Ravan participated in his own daughter's swayamvar !!!!!!
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Yah I have heard abt it. In kamba ramayana its said dat Ravan is sita's father every version has a diff story 2 convey . There's a poem written by Vayalar ramavarma called "Ravana putri" in malayalam meaning daughter of ravan. So this might b there but dunno abt d authenticity.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Wow, I've never heard of that before.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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yes, i have heard the story about Sita being Ravan's daughter and that was one reason why he tok her to Lanka as he didn't wanted her to face the hardship in forest. In that story Ravan didn't attend Sita Swayamvar.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Cvs ll nt show this bec Ravan already participate in her swayamvar..
They added some story for sita's birth.,
She s d second birth some1 who cheated by Ravan..
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Posted: 9 years ago
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yes, i do believe there is some truth in this...
Valmiki is not very open about sita's lineage but gives clues regarding it. and it does point to ravana and mandodari. while hanuman goes in search of sita in lanka he stumbles onto mandodari's room and mistakes her for sita as she is the copy of sita's appearance. the description that rama gave hanuman about sita matched precisely with mandodari.

then another point is regarding the etymology of the name mandodari : mandam means earth and udaram means womb. sita is known to be from earth's womb!
regarding ravan attending sita swayamvar, that does not happen in valmiki ramayana(which is wat i have read). and there was no organised swayamwar or dramatic scenes either.
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