<P> Ravana , a devotee of Siva , an Asura king of ancient Sri Lanka is depicted and described as a great scholar , a Brahmin , a capable ruler and a maestro of the veena ( plucked stringed instrument ) . He is also described as extremely powerful king and has ten heads . His paramount ambition was to overpower and dominate the devas . His ten heads represent his knowledge of the six shastras and the four Vedas . In the Ramayana , Ravana abducted Rama 's wife Sita to exact vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the ears and nose of his sister Shurpanakha . </P>
<P> Ravana , a devotee of Siva , an Asura king of ancient Sri Lanka is depicted and described as a great scholar , a Brahmin , a capable ruler and a maestro of the veena ( plucked stringed instrument ) . He is also described as extremely powerful king and has ten heads . His paramount ambition was to overpower and dominate the devas . His ten heads represent his knowledge of the six shastras and the four Vedas . In the Ramayana , Ravana abducted Rama 's wife Sita to exact vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the ears and nose of his sister Shurpanakha . </P>
the protagonist in ramayana whose wife is abducted by the demonking of lanka ravana
the protagonist in ramayana whose wife is abducted by the demonking of lanka ravana
Rama
Rama