Lanka, the Glossary
Lanka 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.[1]
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67 relations: Ancient clans of Lanka, Andhras, Anga, Angkor Wat, Asura, Chera dynasty, Chinas, Chola dynasty, Daradas, Dravida Kingdom, Equator, Hanuman, Hara Huna Kingdom, Hindus, Indian Ocean, Indo-Greek Kingdom, Kalinga (Mahabharata), Karnata Kingdom, Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura, Kasmira Kingdom, Kekeya Kingdom, Kerala Kingdom, Khmer people, Kirata Kingdom, Kubera, Lanka, List of characters in Ramayana, Madagascar, Mahabharata, Mahajanapadas, Mahāvaṃsa, Malavas, Maldives, Markandeya, Mushika dynasty, Naga people (Lanka), Odra Kingdom, Pahlava Kingdom, Pandava, Pandu, Pandya dynasty, Pundravardhana, Rajasuya, Rakshasa, Rakshasa Kingdom, Rama, Ramayana, Ravana, Relief, Sahadeva, ... Expand index (17 more) »
- Kingdoms in the Ramayana
Ancient clans of Lanka
Several different indigenous clans lived in the island of Sri Lanka during the pre-Vijaya era (before 505 BCE).
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Andhras
The Āndhras were an ancient tribe of south-central Indian subcontinent, whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. Lanka and Andhras are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Anga
Anga was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of eastern India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. Lanka and Anga are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
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Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia.
Asura
Asuras are a class of beings in Indian religions.
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Chera dynasty
The Chera dynasty (or Cēra), was a Sangam age Tamil dynasty which unified various regions of the western coast and western ghats in southern India to form the early Chera empire.
Chinas
The Chinas (Sanskrit चीनः) are a people mentioned in ancient Indian literature, such as the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, and the Puranic literature.
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Chola dynasty
The Chola dynasty was a Tamil dynasty originating from southern India.
Daradas
Daradas were an ancient people who lived north and north-west to the Kashmir Valley.
Dravida Kingdom
Dravida is mentioned as one of the kingdoms in the southern part of present-day mainland India during the time of the Mahabharata. Lanka and Dravida Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Hanuman
Hanuman (हनुमान्), also known as Maruti, Bajrangabali, and Anjaneya, is a deity in Hinduism, revered as a divine vanara, and a devoted companion of the deity Rama.
Hara Huna Kingdom
Hara-Huna (White Huns) was an ancient kingdom and inhabited by the Hara Hunas tribe close to the Himalayas who had limited interaction with the Indian kingdoms, thus they were identified in the epic Mahabharata. Lanka and Hara Huna Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
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Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
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Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.
Indo-Greek Kingdom
The Indo-Greek Kingdom, or Graeco-Indian Kingdom, also known as the Yavana Kingdom (also Yavanarajya after the word Yona, which comes from Ionians), was a Hellenistic-era Greek kingdom covering various parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwestern India.
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Kalinga (Mahabharata)
Kalinga is a kingdom described in the legendary Indian text Mahabharata. Lanka and Kalinga (Mahabharata) are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
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Karnata Kingdom
Karnata was an ancient kingdom, mentioned in the great epic Mahabharata, It gave the name to the South Indian state of Karnataka. Lanka and Karnata Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura
Kashyapa I, also known as Kasyapa I or Kassapa I, was a king of Sri Lanka, who ruled the country from 473 to 495 CE.
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Kasmira Kingdom
Kasmira or Kashmira was a kingdom identified as the Kashmir Valley along the Jhelum River of modern Jammu and Kashmir. Lanka and Kasmira Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Kekeya Kingdom
Kekeya Kingdom (also known as Kekaya, Kaikaya, Kaikeya etc.) was a kingdom mentioned in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata among the western kingdoms of then India. Lanka and Kekeya Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata and kingdoms in the Ramayana.
Kerala Kingdom
The Keralas or Udra Keralas were a royal dynasty mentioned in Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Lanka and Kerala Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Khmer people
The Khmer people (ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) are an Austroasiatic ethnic group native to Cambodia and the Mekong Delta.
Kirata Kingdom
Kirata Kingdom in Sanskrit literature and Hindu mythology refers to any kingdom of the Kiratis, who were dwellers mostly in the Himalayas (mostly eastern Himalaya). Lanka and Kirata Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Kubera
Kubera (कुबेर) also known as Kuvera, Kuber and Kuberan, is the god of wealth, and the god-king of the semi-divine yakshas in Hinduism.
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Lanka
Lanka 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. Lanka and Lanka are Hindu mythology, kingdoms in the Mahabharata, kingdoms in the Ramayana and mythological islands.
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List of characters in Ramayana
Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit ancient epics (Itihasas) of Hindu literature.
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Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.
Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa. Lanka and Mahabharata are Hindu mythology.
Mahajanapadas
The Mahājanapadas were sixteen kingdoms and aristocratic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the second urbanisation period.
Mahāvaṃsa
Mahāvaṃsa (Sinhala: මහාවංශ (Mahāvansha), Pali: මහාවංස (Mahāvaṃsa)) is the meticulously kept historical chronicle of Sri Lanka until the period of Mahasena of Anuradhapura.
Malavas
The Malavas (Brahmi script: 𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀸𑀭𑀯 Mmālava) or Malwas were an ancient Indian tribe.
Maldives
The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean.
Markandeya
Markandeya (translit) is a rishi (sage) featured in Hindu literature.
Mushika dynasty
Mushika dynasty, also spelled Mushaka, was a minor dynastic power that held sway over the region in and around Mount Ezhi (Ezhimala) in present-day North Malabar, Kerala, India. Lanka and Mushika dynasty are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Naga people (Lanka)
The Naga people are believed by some to be an ancient tribe who once inhabited Sri Lanka and various parts of Southern India.
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Odra Kingdom
Odra was a kingdom located in the northern Odisha in Eastern India. Lanka and Odra Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Pahlava Kingdom
The Pahlava Kingdom is identified to be a kingdom of an Iranian tribe. Lanka and Pahlava Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Pandava
The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) is a group name referring to the five legendary brothers, Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, who are central figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Pandu
Pandu (pale) was the king of Kuru Kingdom, with capital at Hastinapur in the epic Mahabharata.
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Pandya dynasty
The Pandyan dynasty, also referred to as the Pandyas of Madurai, was an ancient Tamil dynasty of South India, and among the four great kingdoms of Tamilakam, the other three being the Pallavas, the Cholas and the Cheras.
Pundravardhana
Pundravardhana or Pundra Kingdom (Puṇḍravardhana), was an ancient kingdom of Iron Age South Asia located in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent with a territory that included parts of present-day Rajshahi and parts of Rangpur Division of Bangladesh as well as the West Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India.
Rajasuya
Rajasuya (translit) is a śrauta ritual of the Vedic religion.
Rakshasa
Rākshasa (राक्षस,,; rakkhasa; "preservers") are a race of usually malevolent beings prominently featured in Hindu mythology.
Rakshasa Kingdom
Rakshasa Kingdom refers to the territory of Rakshasas who were a tribe, mentioned along with others like Devas (including Rudras, Maruts, Vasus and Adityas), Asuras (including Daityas, Danavas and Kalakeyas), Pisachas, Gandharvas, Kimpurushas, Vanaras, Suparnas, Kinnaras, Bhutas and Yakshas. Lanka and Rakshasa Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
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Rama
Rama is a major deity in Hinduism.
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Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata. Lanka and Ramayana are Hindu mythology.
Ravana
Ravana was an ancient mythological king of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
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Relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.
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Sahadeva
Sahadeva (one with the gods) was the youngest of the five Pandava brothers in the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata.
Sakas in the Mahabharata
Sakas are described in Sanskrit sources as a Mleccha tribe grouped along with the Yavanas, Tusharas and Barbaras. Lanka and Sakas in the Mahabharata are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
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Sigiriya
Sigiriya or Sinhagiri (Lion Rock සීගිරිය, சிகிரியா/சிங்ககிரி, pronounced see-gi-ri-yə) is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.
Sindhu Kingdom
Sindhu Kingdom or simply Sindhu was an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent. Lanka and Sindhu Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Sinhala Kingdom
The Sinhala Kingdom or Sinhalese Kingdom refers to the successive Sinhalese kingdoms that existed in what is today Sri Lanka.
Sita
Sita, also known as Siya, Janaki and Maithili, is a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.
Tushara
The kingdom of Tushara, according to ancient Indian literature, such as the epic Mahabharata, was a land located beyond north-west India. Lanka and Tushara are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Valmiki
Valmiki (Vālmīki) was a legendary poet who is celebrated as the traditional author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text itself.
Vanga Kingdom
Vaṅga was an ancient kingdom and geopolitical division within the Ganges delta in the Indian subcontinent. Lanka and Vanga Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Vibhishana
Vibhishana is the younger brother of Ravana, the King of Lanka, in the ancient Indian epic Ramayana.
Vishrava
Vishrava, also called Vishravas, is the son of Pulastya, and a powerful rishi (sage), as described in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Vishvakarma
Vishvakarma or Vishvakarman (lit) is a craftsman deity and the divine architect of the devas in contemporary Hinduism.
Yaksha Kingdom
The Yaksha kingdom refers to the mythological kingdom of the yakshas, a race featured in Hinduism. Lanka and yaksha Kingdom are kingdoms in the Mahabharata.
Yojana
A yojana (Devanagari: योजन; Khmer language: យោជន៍; โยชน์; ယူဇနာ) is a measure of distance that was used in ancient India, Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar.
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Yona
The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit and Yavanar in Tamil, were words used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers.
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Yudhishthira
Yudhishthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: Yudhiṣṭhira) also known as Dharmaraja, was the king of Indraprastha and later the King of Kuru Kingdom in the epic Mahabharata.
See also
Kingdoms in the Ramayana
- Dakshina Kosala
- Danda Kingdom
- Gandhara
- Gandhara Kingdom
- Heheya Kingdom
- History of the Mithila region
- Kekeya Kingdom
- Kishkindha
- Kosala
- Kosala Kingdom
- Lanka
- Madra Kingdom
- Usinara Kingdom
- Videha
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanka
Also known as Lanka (Ramayana), Lanka Kingdom, Laṅkā.
, Sakas in the Mahabharata, Sigiriya, Sindhu Kingdom, Sinhala Kingdom, Sita, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Tushara, Valmiki, Vanga Kingdom, Vibhishana, Vishrava, Vishvakarma, Yaksha Kingdom, Yojana, Yona, Yudhishthira.