Ravana and what message do his 10 heads give us
Ravana was a great warrior, but he is portrayed as a negative personality in Indian history due to his evil karmas during the Treta Yuga. But few know that this character was a great scholar, a magnificent ruler and a worshipper of Lord Shiva. Apart from this he is very famous because of the 10 Heads he possessed and hence known as “Dashagriva”. But do you know the story behind his ferocious 10 heads? Some say that his 10 heads were an optical illusion which was caused due to a necklace of 9 pearls given by his mother. And others say that to please Shiva, Ravan had axed his own head but every time he did so a new head grew. This happened for 10 times and this is how he got 10 heads. History says that his heads depicted 6 Shastras and 4 Vedas he had attained in his life. Sankhyashastra (Mathematics) Yog Shastra (Yoga as a way of life, meditation) Nyayashastra (Law and administration) Vaisheshik Shastra (Physics, astronomy, mechanics) Purvamimansa (Philosophy, Justifi...