21-603: Angad is a Hindic Feminine and Masculine given name that may refer to the following notable people: Angada , a character in the Ramayana, a Sanskrit epic of ancient India Guru Angad (1504–1552), the second of the ten Sikh gurus of Sikhism Angad Bedi (born 1983), Indian film actor and model Angad Hasija (born 1984), Indian television actor Angad Paul (1970–2015), British businessman and film producer [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share
42-573: A possibility. Ravana's Lanka, and its capital Lankapuri, are described in a manner that seems superhuman even by modern-day standards. Ravana's central palace complex (main citadel) was a massive collection of several edifices that reached over one yojana (13 km or 8 mi) in height, one yojana in length, and half a yojana in breadth. The island had a large mountain range known as the Trikuta Mountain (Trikonamalai-In Tamil/Trinkomale-English,where Ravan built Temple for shiva), atop which
63-607: Is a legendary vanara in Hinduism . He helps Rama find his wife Sita and fight her abductor, Ravana , in the epic Ramayana . He is the son of Vali and prince of Kishkindha , and is later crowned as the kingdom's monarch. Angada is a son of the powerful vanara king Vali and his wife Tara. He is the nephew of Sugriva . After Rama and Sugriva kill his father, Angada joins Rama's forces to rescue Sita from Ravana's captivity. Angada and Rama are instrumental in reconciling Rama and his brother, Lakshmana , with Sugriva , after
84-453: Is able to find Sita , Rama's wife. A legend goes by that no one could move Angada's leg. Just before the war, Rama sends Angada to Ravana's court as a peace messenger to give him one last chance to send Sita back to him and stop the war. Angada travels to Ravana's court, and issues him a last warning but Ravana retorts by stating that his father, Vali , is his friend. Angada, however, rejects Ravana's stance, and retorts by saying that there
105-466: Is supported by the presence of Minicoy Island in the vicinity between India and Maldives, the ancient name being Minikaa, or Mainaka (the mountain met by Hanuman on his way to Lanka), which in the ancient language of the place means "cannibal", probably a reference to Sursa, as cannibals from the Nicobars were frequently found here, along with snakes. Sumatra and Madagascar has also been suggested as
126-499: Is supposed to have landed at Rama's feet. The prince flies away before Ravana could seize him. Rama is pleased by this act of Angada. In the Battle of Lanka that ensues, Angada slays many great warriors from Lanka , including, Ravana 's son Narantaka , and the chief general of Ravana 's army, Mahaparshva. Angada marries the eldest daughter of the vanara Mainda, and has a son, Dhruva. When his uncle Sugriva decides to retire from
147-408: Is unable to move the leg. Seeing Indrajita defeated, Ravana rises in fury, and proceeds to accept the challenge, upon which Angada moves his leg out of the way, and Ravana's crown falls off. When the king reaches for his crown, Angada rhetorically wonders why Ravana wishes to touch his leg, and that touching the feet of Rama would be much more fruitful instead. He hurls the crown with such force that it
168-921: The Andhras and the Talavanas, the Kalingas and the Ushtrakarnikas, and also the delightful city of Atavi and that of the Yavanas . And, He has arrived at the seashore, then dispatched with great assurance messengers unto the illustrious Vibhishana , the grandson of Pulastya and the ruler of Lanka (2:30). Lanka king is listed as present in the conclave of kings present in Pandava king Yudhishthira 's Rajasuya sacrifice. The Vangas and Angas and Paundras and Odras and Cholas and Dravidas and Cheras and Pandyas and Mushika and Andhakas , and
189-626: The Rakshasa kingdom . The battle in Lanka is depicted in a famous relief in the 12th-century Khmer temple of Angkor Wat . After Ravana's death, he was succeeded by his brother, Vibhishana . The Lanka referred to in the still-extant Hindu Texts and the Ramayana (referred to as Ravana 's Lanka), is considered to be a large island-country, situated in the Indian Ocean. Studies refer that
210-664: The rajasuya of Yudhishthira . The palaces of Ravana were said to be guarded by four-tusked elephants. According to both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata , Lanka was originally ruled by a rakshasa named Sumali . Kubera seized control of Lanka and established the Yaksha kingdom and his capital was guarded by rakshasas . His half-brother Ravana, son of the sage Vishrava and Sumali 's daughter Kaikesi , fought with Kubera and took Lanka from him. Ravana ruled Lanka as king of
231-672: The Palace of Ravana was located in Sigiriya the palace built by the Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura as the legend describes the capital of the kingdom was located between plateaus and forests. Some scholars asserted that it must have been Sri Lanka because it is so stated in the 5th century Sri Lankan text Mahavamsa . However, the Ramayana clearly states that Ravana's Lanka was situated 100 Yojanas (roughly 1213 km or 753.72 miles) away from mainland India. Some scholars have interpreted
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#1732798244985252-688: The Trikuta Mountains. The ancient city of Lankapura is said to have been burnt down by Hanuman . After its king, Ravana was killed by Rama with the help of Ravana's brother Vibhishana , the latter was crowned king of Lankapura. His descendants were said to still rule the kingdom during the period of the Pandavas . According to the Mahabharata , the Pandava Sahadeva visited this kingdom during his southern military campaign for
273-743: The chiefs of many islands and countries on the seaboard as also of frontier states, including the rulers of the Sinhalas , the barbarous mlecchas, the natives of Lanka, and all the kings of the West by hundreds, and all the chiefs of the seacoast, and the kings of the Pahlavas and the Daradas and the various tribes of the Kiratas and Yavanas and Sakras and the Harahunas and Chinas and Tukharas and
294-544: The content of these texts to determine that Lanka was located at the point where the Prime-Meridian of India passes the Equator . This island would therefore lie more than 160 km (100 mi) southwest of present-day country of Sri Lanka. The most original of all the existing versions of Valmiki 's Ramayana also suggest the location of Ravana's Lanka to be in the western Indian Ocean . It indicates that Lanka
315-495: The earth and return to his father, Surya , he crowns Angada as the next king of Kishkindha, and of the vanaras. Lanka Lanka ( / ˈ l æ ŋ k ə / , Sanskrit: [ˈlɐŋkaː] ) is the name given in Hindu epics to the island fortress capital of the legendary asura king Ravana in the epics of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata . The fortress was situated on a plateau between three mountain peaks known as
336-416: The king fails to fulfill his promise to help Rama find and rescue his wife. Together, they are able to convince Sugriva to honour his pledge to Rama, instead of spending his time carousing and drinking. Sugriva then arranges for vanaras to help Rama and organises the monkey army that will battle Ravana's demonic host. Angada leads the particular search party, which consists of Hanuman and Jambavanta and
357-543: The same given name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Angad&oldid=1252472817 " Categories : Given names Indian masculine given names Masculine given names Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Angada Angada ( Sanskrit : अङ्गदः, IAST : Aṅgada)
378-763: The story begins at Book III (Varna Parva), Section 271 of the Mahabharata. Sahadeva , the son of Pandu , conquered the town of Sanjayanti and the country of the Pashandas and the Karanatakas utilizing his messengers alone and made all of them pay tributes to him. The hero brought under his subjection and exacted tributes from the Paundrayas ( Pandyas ?) and the Dravidas along with the Udrakeralas and
399-455: Was in the midst of a series of large island-nations, submerged mountains, and sunken plateaus in the western part of the Indian Ocean. There has been a lot of speculation by several scholars since the 19th century that Ravana's Lanka might have been in the Indian Ocean around where the Maldives once stood as a high mountain, before getting submerged in the Indian Ocean. This speculation
420-413: Was nothing as divine as serving Rama, and then proceeds to mock Ravana for his foolishness and pride, in front of the entire court. He challenges the present courtiers to move his leg, upon which he promises that he would retreat from the island, forgetting about rescuing Sita. Almost all courtiers take turns to move his leg, but fail to even give it a budge. Even Indrajita , the most powerful son of Ravana,
441-458: Was situated Ravana's capital of Lanka, at the center of which in turn stood his citadel. Many of the references to Lanka in the Mahabharata are found in sage Markandeya 's narration of the story of Rama and Sita to the king Yudhishthira , which narration amounts to a truncated version of the Ramayana . The references in the following summary are to the Mahabharata and adhere to the following form: (book:section). Markandeya 's narration of
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