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  2. Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    The Ramayana (/ r ɑː ˈ m ɑː j ə n ə /; [1] [2] Sanskrit: रामायणम्, romanized: Rāmāyaṇam [3]), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other ...

  3. Vasudeva-hindi - Wikipedia

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    Vasudeva-hindi is the oldest surviving text of the Jain narrative literature. The Jain monk Sangha-dasa wrote it in archaic Maharashtri Prakrit language. [1] The author claims that the legend of Vasudeva was first told by Mahavira's pupil Sudharman to his disciple Jambu, and since then, the story was transmitted to the author through a series of teachers and disciples.

  4. Chaturvedi Dwarka Prasad Sharma - Wikipedia

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    Born in about 1820 Chaturvedi Shri Dwarka Prasad "Sharma" was a writer of Hindi prose who wrote more than 150 books but primarily is known for his translations of Valmiki Ramayana from Sanskrit to Hindi. He initially lived in Etawah in what is now Uttar Pradesh in India and eventually moved to Allahabad in what is now Uttar Pradesh. He is ...

  5. Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on ...

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    Three Hundred Rāmāyaṇas is a scholarly essay that summarizes the history of the Rāmāyaṇa and its spread across India and Asia over a period of 2,500 years or more. . It seeks to demonstrate factually how the story of Rama has undergone numerous variations while being transmitted across different languages, societies, geographical regions, religions, and historical perio

  6. Rama - Wikipedia

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    Adhyatma Ramayana is a late medieval Sanskrit text extolling the spiritualism in the story of Ramayana. It is embedded in the latter portion of Brahmānda Purana, and constitutes about a third of it. [113] The text philosophically attempts to reconcile Bhakti in god Rama and Shaktism with Advaita Vedanta, over 65 chapters and 4,500 verses. [114 ...

  7. Adhyatma Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    Adhyatma Ramayana represents the story of Rama in a spiritual context. The text constitutes over 35% of the chapters of Brahmanda Purana , often circulated as an independent text in the Vaishnavism tradition, [ 9 ] and is an Advaita Vedanta treatise of over 65 chapters and 4,500 verses.

  8. Gods, Demons and Others - Wikipedia

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    Story of Manmata, the god of love Ravana. Story of the asura king Ravana, Rama's nemesis in the Ramayana. Valmiki. Story of Adi Kavi Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana who is said to have discovered the first śloka that set the base for Sanskrit poetry. Draupadi. Story of Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas in the Mahabharatha. Nala

  9. List of characters in Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    Ramayana characters - Rama and Sita enthroned, surrounded by sage Vashishtha and Rama's brothers Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna. Hanuman seated at the feet of Rama. Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit ancient epics (Itihasas) of Hindu literature. It was composed by sage Valmiki. This is a list of important figures that appear in the epic.