According to some academics, Ravana's ten heads represent the ten vices that might lead to one's demise, such as lust, rage, greed, and pride.
Ravana was a knowledgeable king, and his ten heads are said to reflect the six shastras (sciences) and four Vedas (holy books) that he had mastered.
Kama (lust), Kroda (anger), Moha (delusion), Lobha (greed), Mada (pride), Maatsarya (envy), Buddhi (intellect), Manas (mind), Chitta (will) & Ahamkara
He was a clever thinker as well as a fearsome warrior. His ten heads could symbolise his immense intelligence and mental prowess.
It symbolises knowledge, wisdom, intelligence, power, scholarship, and devotion to Shiva, while also promoting humility, arrogance, lust, greed, anger
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