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  2. List of characters in Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    His kidnapping of Rama's wife Sita is the central event that sparked the conflict of the epic. Rishyasringa: A rishi (sage) presided over the sacrifice that King Dasharatha offered in order to get a son. He was married to Dasharatha's daughter Shanta. Rumā: The wife of Sugriva. She is mentioned in Book IV (Kishkindha Kanda) of the epic.

  3. Sita - Wikipedia

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    Hare Rama Rama Rama, Sita Rama Rama Rama. Sita Kavacha – The hymn dedicated to Sita, mentioned in the Manohar Kanda of Ananda Ramayana. [122] Vinaya Patrika – The devotional poem has prayers dedicated to Sita. [123] Janaki Mangal – This verse describes the episode of Sita and Rama's marriage and has hymns and prayers dedicated to them. [124]

  4. Mandodari - Wikipedia

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    Ravana abducts Rama's wife, Sita. According to some Ramayana adaptations, Ravana was abducting his own daughter from a union with Mandodari. Though Valmiki's Ramayana does not record Mandodari as being the mother of Sita, some later adaptations of the Ramayana depict Mandodari as the mother of Sita or at least the cause of the latter's birth.

  5. Ramayana - Wikipedia

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    The epic follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi; his travels across the forests in the Indian subcontinent with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana; the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana, the king of Lanka, that resulted in bloodbath; and Rama's eventual return ...

  6. Exile of Rama - Wikipedia

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    The exile of Rama is an event featured in the Ramayana, [1] [2] [a] and is an important period in the life of Rama.In the epic, Rama is exiled by his father, Dasharatha, under the urging of his step-mother Kaikeyi, accompanied by his wife Sita and half-brother Lakshmana for 14 years. [3]

  7. Ravana - Wikipedia

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    Ravana Dashagriva a demon-king [1] [2] of the island of Lanka and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana. [3] [2] In the Ramayana, Ravana is described as the eldest son of sage Vishrava and Kaikasi. He abducted Rama's wife, Sita, and took her to his kingdom of Lanka, where he held her in the Ashoka Vatika. [4]

  8. Rama - Wikipedia

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    Rama's story is a major part of the artistic reliefs found at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Large sequences of Ramayana reliefs are also found in Java, Indonesia. [241] Rama's life story, both in the written form of Sanskrit Ramayana and the oral tradition arrived in southeast Asia in the 1st millennium CE. [242]

  9. Ramayana in Tamil literature - Wikipedia

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    Ramayana is one of the ancient Indian epics. According to Robert P. Goldman, the oldest parts of the Ramayana date to the mid-8th century BCE. [1] The story is narrated by the saint poet Valmiki and tells the tale of Prince Rama of the city of Ayodhya, who is banished into the forest, accompanied by his wife Sita and half-brother Lakshmana.