Avindhya is a brilliant, learned and worthy Rākṣasa (Raksasa). He had been very close to Rāvaṇa (Ravana). Thinking that that the Rākṣasa(s) would by destroyed at the hand of Rāma (Rama), he requested Rāvaṇa to return Sītā (Sita) to Rāma. But Rāvaṇa did not pay heed to him.