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Rama

devoted son

fullfilled his dharma

most well known incarnationof Vishnu

his father loved him more thanhis other sons

Prince and then king of Ayodhya

loyal husband

History

Ramayana is as large as the bible and it hasbeen known to man since 700 BCE when itwas written by Valmiki in Sanscrit

mainly talks about Rama as a hero

Written in verses called Sloka, in Sanskrit,and in Anustup

Sanskrit is an ancient Indianlanguage

the verses are divided intochapters called Sargas

specific events or stories aretold within the Sargas

the Sargas are then dividedinto books called Kaandas

Kaanda refers to the stem of sugar cane

Kaanda can also refer to aparticular story or event while astory is read

Characters

Rama - one of the incarnations of Vishnu as well as the king of Ayodhya and main character of Ramayana

Sita - incarnation of Lakshmi andRama's wife who is captured byRavana

Ravana - evil king of Sri Lanka who lives in palace where he brings Sita and tries to get her to accept his proposal of marriage

Hanuman - the monkey general who is highly devoted to Rama and helps him greatly

Sugriva - king of the monkeys who makes sure all the monkeys try to help Rama

Lakshmana - Rama's halfbrother who thinks theworld of him and is alwaysby his side

Different Versions

Indian Version

Tulsidas Ramayana is the mostpopular version

Goswami Tulsidas rewrote the TulsidasRamayana in 1574 and focused more on thefact that Rama was an incarnation of Vishnu

Kamban Ramayana is anotherpopular version but mostly inTamil Nadu

written in Tamil

some parts of the story wererewritten to better show the ideas ofTamil

Out of India Version

Thailand

form of Ramakian is the national epic

tells more about Ramas battlewith Totsaken

little plot change, but some

Sita only gives birth to one son. The magician then gives her a second

most of the religious aspects are taken outbecause the Thai people are mostlyBuddhists

Indonesia

the only way it is preformed isas a puppet show

plot is mainly the same

Ramas mother is paralyzed

Shatrugna, Ramas thirdbrother does not exist

stories of the characters aredifferent

Chapters

Bala Kanda

Rama and Lakshmana, as wellas their siblings are born

Rama strings the bow of KingJanaka of Videha

the king gives his daughterSita to Rama

Ayodhya Kanda

Ramas father gets old

wants to make Rama king

Ramas father's mistress reminds him of herone wish that must be granted for giving himchildren

she banishes Rama for fourteen yearsand makes her son Bharata heir to thethrone

Sita and Lakshmana go with him

Their father dies and Bharata issupposed to be king but says it isRamas throne

Aranya Kanda

Rama partakes in manybattles with demons

Ravana is told by his sister ofSita's beauty

kidnaps Sita

KishkindhaKanda

Rama meets the monkeys

they know that Sita is in Lanka

SundaraKanda

Hanuman flew across the ocean

then made himself a cat andcrept around the town

YuddhaKanda

they build a bridge to Lanka

ocean god helps them getacross the ocean

many battles and Hanuman finds herbsthat cure Rama and Lakshmana at once

Rama kills Ravana

Rama gets Sita back but says he cannot bewith her because she lived in another manshouse

Sita goes into the fire to proveshe did nothing wrong

Agni, the fire god tells Ramashe is pure

Rama becomes king

UttaraKanda

Rama's people are mad that hetook Sita back

Lakshmana takes Sita to theGanges and deserts her

she has twins, Kusha and Lava

Rama meets his sons when theyrecite Ramayana to him at afestival

Rama makes Sita vow thatthese are his sons

the earth swallows her

Rama gives his power to his sonsand goes to heaven to be withSita