[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) › c8.2849 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2849 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2849 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2849](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2849) 3) How Rāvaṇa got the Puṣpaka. Viśravas had three more sons named Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa. They did penance and acquired divine powers. Rāvaṇa then went to Laṅkā and after defeating Kubera and sending him north captured Laṅkā and made it his capital. He also took by force the Puṣpaka from Kubera. - [Previous: c8.2848](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2848) - [Next: c8.2850](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2850) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2849](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2849) · Pramāṇa