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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. 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.

  4. Valmiki - Wikipedia

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    The Ramayana is composed of about 480,002 words, being a quarter of the length of the full text of the Mahabharata or about four times the length of the Iliad. The Ramayana tells the story of a prince, Rama of the city of Ayodhya in the Kingdom of Kosala, whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the demon-king of Lanka.

  5. Shravana Kumara - Wikipedia

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    Shravana Kumara (Sanskrit: श्रवण कुमार) is a character mentioned in the ancient Hindu text Ramayana. He is best known for his filial piety towards his parents. He was killed accidentally by King Dasharatha. [1]

  6. Ramayana (Rajagopalachari book) - Wikipedia

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    Ramayana is a retelling of the epic by C. Rajagopalachari. It was first published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 1957. [1] This book is an abridged English retelling of the Valmiki Ramayana; he had earlier published a version of Kamba Ramayanam. [2] Rajaji considered this book and his Mahabharata to be his greatest service to his countrymen.

  7. Ananda Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    The Ananda Ramayana is authored by Valmiki Maharishi . The text has received little attention from scholars, though in some traditions, it is considered a principal source of Rama stories. [1] Many of the original stories from the Valmiki Ramayana are included in the Ananda Ramayana (though often with minor variations). Its primary significance ...

  8. Shambuka - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Ramcharitmanas - Wikipedia

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    It has many inspirations, the primary being the Ramayana of Valmiki. This work is also called, in popular parlance, Tulsi Ramayana, Tulsikrit Ramayana, Tulsidas Ramayana or simply Manas. The word Ramcharitmanas literally means "Lake of the deeds of Rama". [1] It is considered one of the greatest works of Hindu literature.