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Kumbhakarna

Kumbhakarna: who Kumbhakarna is in the Ramayana and the role in the story, in plain words.

Ravana's giant brother who slept for months at a time, and who fought and died bravely in the war though he thought Ravana was wrong.

See the story of the whole epic in seven books and the other characters.

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A retelling in our own words of a story that is told in many different ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes; where it matters we say so. It is not a scholarly translation.