[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2103 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2103 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2103 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2103) Pātālarāvaṇa used all these boons for the welfare and emancipation of his own people. He was interested in teasing his enemies by the power of his boons. Rāvaṇa, king of Laṅkā, had an alliance with Pātālarāvaṇa. Pātālarāvaṇa had a cruel and huge brother named Kumbhodara who was an adept in magic. This brother always helped Pātāla-Rāvaṇa in all his activities. - [Previous: c8.2102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2102) - [Next: c8.2104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2104) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2103) · Pramāṇa