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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 ...
'beautiful chapter') is the fifth book in the Hindu epic Ramayana. [1] The original Sundara Kanda is in Sanskrit, and was composed in popular tradition by Valmiki, who was the first to scripturally record the Ramayana. Sundara Kanda is the only chapter of the Ramayana in which the principal protagonist is not Rama, but Hanuman. The work depicts ...
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.
Araṇya-Kāṇḍa, or The Forest Episode, is the third book of the epic poem of Ramayana.It is also found in the Rāmcharitmānas.It follows the legend of Rama through his fourteen-year exile in the forest, joined by his wife and his brother. [1]
[3] [4] [5] The story is regarded to be created at a later period. [6] While the Uttara Kanda (including Shambuka's tale) is generally regarded as a later interpolation to the original epic, [1] [7] the Book is considered part of "ongoing Ramayana tradition" and part of the Valmiki Ramayana. [1] [8]
4 External links. Toggle the table of contents. Balakanda. 14 languages. ... ' Incident of childhood ') is the first Book of the Valmiki Ramayana.
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.
This canto narrates the story of most of the Ramayana (its kāṇdas 2 to 6) in short, ending with the death of Ravana in Lanka at the hands of Rama. Canto 13 – The return by aerial route From Lanka, Rama and Sita return to Ayodhya in the Pushpaka Vimana , and as they fly through the air, Rama points out to Sita many points of interest on the ...