Vibhishana

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Vibhishana is a virtuous rakshasa prince in the Hindu epic Ramayana, known for abandoning his brother Ravana to ally with Rama and uphold dharma.

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Label Occurrences
Vibhishana canonical 10
Lakshmana 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Character in the Ramayana
Mythological figure
Rakshasa prince
adviceContent Return Sita to Rama and make peace
advised Ravana
alliedWith Rama
alsoMentionedIn Ramcharitmanas
appearsIn Ramayana
appointedBy Rama
associatedEpic Itihasa
associatedWith Bhakti movement
surface form: Bhakti

Dharma
culture Ancient Indian
devoteeOf Rama
ethnicity Rakshasa
genre Epic literature
grantedRefugeBy Rama
helpedKill Indrajit
home Lanka
knownFor Advising Ravana to return Sita
Defecting from Ravana to Rama
Upholding dharma
Virtuous nature
languageOfSources Sanskrit
moralAlignment Righteous
opposedTo Ravana
parent Kaikesi
Vishrava
predecessor Ravana
primarySourceText Ramayana
surface form: Valmiki Ramayana
rejectedBy Ravana
religion Hinduism
revealedSecretOf Ravana
revealedWeaknessOf Indrajit
roleInWar Advisor to Rama in the Lanka war
Provider of strategic counsel against Ravana
siblingOf Kumbhakarna
Ravana
Shurpanakha
soughtRefugeWith Rama
spouse Sarama
symbolism Ideal of righteous counsel
Primacy of dharma over family ties
title King of Lanka
virtue Loyalty to righteousness over kinship
Non-cruelty
Truthfulness
worshippedAs Guardian deity of Sri Lanka
worshippedIn Sri Lanka

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ramayana mainCharacter Vibhishana
Kumbhakarna hasSibling Vibhishana
Uttara Kanda featuresCharacter Vibhishana
Uttara Kanda containsBackstoryOf Vibhishana
Ravana brother Vibhishana
Sundara Kanda importantCharacter Vibhishana
Sugriva supportedBy Vibhishana
this entity surface form: Lakshmana
Yuddha Kanda centralCharacter Vibhishana