Kaikesi

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In Hinduism, Kaikesi (also spelled Kaikasi or Kekasi) was the mother of Ravana.

The daughter of Sumali and Tataka and the sister of Maricha and Subahu, she schemed with her parents to seduce the Rishi Vishrava and through him, produce powerful, demonic offspring. Vishrava left his wife Ilavida and his son Kubera to marry Kaikesi and through her, fathered Ravana, Vibhishana, Kumbhakarna and a daughter, Surpanakha.

When Ravana dethroned Kubera and crowned himself King of Lanka, a disgusted Vishrava disowned his demonic family and returned to Ilavida for good.

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Ikshvaku clan	Dasharatha Kausalya Sumitra Kaikeyi Rama Bharata Lakshmana Shatrughna Sita Urmila Mandavi Shrutakirti Lava Kusha

Vanara	Hanuman Kesari Anjana Sugriva Vali Tara Rumā Angada Makardhwaja

Rakshasa	Ravana Vibhishana Kumbhakarna Indrajit Akshayakumara Atikaya Devantaka Kabandha Khara Mandodari Maricha Mayasura Narantaka Prahasta Subahu Sulochana Sumali Surpanakha Tataka Trishira Viradha

Sages	Agastya Ahalya Arundhati Bharadwaja Kambhoja Parashurama Vasistha Vishvamitra Rishyasringa

Other characters	Jambavan Janaka Jatayu Manthara Maya Sita Sampati Shabari Shravan Vedavati

Places	Ayodhya Mithila Dandakaranya Kishkindha Lanka

Other	Lakshman Rekha List of adaptations

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