The Uttara Kanda of the epic Ramayana mentions that during his visit to Svarga (heaven), Maya married an apsara (heavenly nymph) named Hema.P. G. Lalye (2008). Curses and boons in the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa They had two sons — Mayavi and Dundubhi — and a daughter Mandodari, who later married Ravana, the Rakshasa ruler of Lanka and the main antagonist of the epic. In some versions of the Ramayana, Maya had another daughter named Dhanyamalini, who also married Ravana.
