A demon king of Lanka who appears in the great Indian epic poem Ramayana. He is said to be the leader of the Rakshasas. He is said to have 10 heads, 20 arms, and four legs. To please the god Brahma, he performed ascetic practices for 10,000 years, offering one head every 1,000 years, and when he was about to offer his tenth head, he was granted the god's blessing and was given immortality. His powers grew so much that he even made the gods serve him as slaves, but he was destroyed by Rama, who led an army of monkeys, for stealing Sita, the wife of the hero Rama. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
インドの大叙事詩『ラーマーヤナ』に登場するランカー島の魔王。ラークシャサの首領とされている。 10の頭,20本の腕をもち,また4本の足をもつともいわれる。ブラフマー神に気に入られるよう1万年の苦行を行じ,1000年ごとに頭を1つずつ捧げ,10番目の頭を捧げようとしたとき神の恩恵にあずかり,不死身の力を与えられた。彼の力は増大し,神々をさえ奴隷として仕えさせたが,英雄ラーマの妻シーターを奪ったため,猿軍を率いるラーマに滅ぼされた。
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