Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.352
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.352
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5) Family life. Rāvaṇa married Mandodarī, foster-daughter of Mayāsura and three sons, Meghanāda, Atikāya and Akṣakumāra were born to the couple. He then conquered the whole world with the cooperation of his sons and other Rākṣasas. The Aṣṭadikpālakas (protectors of the eight regions) were subjugated. He attacked Devaloka, but was defeated and imprisoned. Meghanāda by magical trickery captured Indra and released Rāvaṇa from custody. Meghanāda came to be called Indrajit from that day onwards.