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Ramcharitmanas consists of seven Kānds (literally "books" or "episodes", cognate with cantos) and composed of approximately 12,800 lines, divided into 1,073 stanzas. [25] Tulsidas compared the seven Kāndas of the epic to seven steps leading into the holy waters of Lake Manasarovar "which purifies the body and the soul at once".
The work narrates the Ramayana non-sequentially, and gives a method to look up the Shakuna (omen or portent) for astrological predictions. Vairagya Sandipini (वैराग्य संदीपनी, 1612), literally Kindling of Detachment , is a philosophical work of 60 verses in Braja which describe the state of Jnana (realisation) and ...
Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas, a later version of the Ramayana written in the vernacular of that time, is also popularly recited. [25] The start of the composition of the Ramcharitmanas began on Rama Navami.
Morari Bapu (born Moraridas Prabhudas Hariyani, 2 March 1946) is an Indian spiritual leader and narrator of Rama katha from Gujarat.He is an exponent of Ramcharitmanas with more than 900 kathas recited over the last 60 years. [1]
Philip Lutgendorf is an American scholar of South Asia. He is Professor Emeritus of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies at the University of Iowa. [1] His areas of work and interest include the epic poem Ramcharitmanas, the life and works of Hindu poet Tulsidas, the worship of Hanuman, Indian popular cinema, and the Indian tea culture.
In Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas, Sītā was under the protection of Agni (see Māyā Sītā) so it was necessary to bring her out before reuniting with Rāma. The gods led by Brahma arrive and glorify Rama as the incarnation of Supreme God Narayana.
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]
Rambhadracharya's most controversial work was the critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas, which was published as the Tulsi Peeth edition. [24] He was accused of tampering with the epic, [ 24 ] [ 25 ] but the dispute died down after Rambhadracharya expressed his regret for any annoyance or pain caused by the publication. [ 26 ]