The Lineage of Ravana: A Tale of Divine, Sage, and Asura Heritage
Ravan was son of Vishrava and grandson of Pulastya. He was born to Vishrava and Kaikesi, who was daughter of Sumali.
Pulastya was the mind born son of Brahma who was known for his righteousness and austerities. He begot Vishrava from Trinabindu’s daughter. As she had already heard him utter Vedas, hence the child got the name of Vishrava.
Ravan's father was a wizard in Vedas and Tapas similar to his father Pulastya. As he was born to Pulastya he was also known as Paulastya.
Vishrava had two wives. One was Devavarnini who gave birth to Vaishravan or Kubera. Devavarnini was daughter of sage Bharadwaja.
The other was Kaikesi, daughter of ogre Sumali. From her he had four children, namely, Ravan or Dasagriva, Kumbakaran, Surpanaka and Vibhishan.
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