Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 20: Daśaratha Refuses to Give Rāma
Text 1.20.17
पौलस्त्यवंशप्रभवो रावणो नाम राक्षसः॥
paulastya-vaṁśa-prabhavo rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ
paulastya-vaṁśa-prabhavaḥ = born in the dynasty of Pulastya; rāvaṇaḥ = Rāvaṇa; nāma = named; rākṣasaḥ = there is a rākṣasa.
There is a rākṣasa named Rāvaṇa born in the dynasty of Pulastya.