 He and his wife Lopamudra are the celebrated authors of hymns 1.165 to 1.191 in the Sanskrit text "Rigveda" and other Vedic literature.He is the son of Pulastya and brother of Vishrava, making Ravana and his siblings his niece and nephews.In Valmiki Ramayan, it is stated that Asuras hid inside the ocean so that the Devas couldn’t harm them.