According to the folklore, large anthills began to form around Agni Sharma as he began to chant the word 'Ram', and henceforth, he came to be known as 'Valmiki'. Valmiki wrote about 24, shlokas and 7 cantos which comprised the great epic. The entire epic of Ramayana consisted of about , words. The story of Ramayana chronicles the trials and tribulations of Lord Ram after he is exiled from the Kingdom of Ayodhya. Like all ancient events, works and personages, Ramayana also cannot be dated back correctly.
We do not know precisely as to when this epic poem was composed. Our problem becomes still difficult when Sanskrit scholars pronounce that first 7 chapters of this book have not been written by one and the same author and at one particular time. The scholars think that the first and the 7 th chapters have been added by later writers and they have painted Rama not as a human hero but as a divine personality having godly attributes.
It means that the chapters from 2 nd to 6 th were written originally by Rishi Valmiki to put the life story of Rama in real perspective but as the time had it, he was supposed to be the incarnation of Vishnu on this earth, and thus in the 1 st and the 7 th chapters such powers and qualities were attributed to him that made him represent the great deity.
It is very doubtful as to when the original five chapters were written and as to when the first and the last ones were added. Discussing this question at length, MacDonald came to the conclusion that the original book was written at least years before Jesus Christ and the later portions were added something like years after that.
The date of the Ramayana, as estimated by MacDonald, can be accepted, as in the book we find references of certain places and rulers which refer to this period of history. The prince of Ayodhya is, therefore, imperfect and he shows it on several occasions, most starkly when he asks his wife to undergo a chastity test. Krishna would have probably publicly mocked and shamed the citizen instead of banishing his own queen.
Flaws aside, Rama is loved by Indians because he takes sacrifice to a new level. He is a warrior prince who cheerfully gives up the greatest empire of the day so his step mother would not have the slightest reason to complain. He is a husband who lets go his wife because one man — just one —among his millions of subjects objected to her presence in the kingdom. Looking at things from the perspective of the modern era — where we instinctively genuflect before politicians — Rama was taking it too far, but for the king of Ayodhya his own comforts or that of his family mattered little.
So how could he have even one unhappy citizen, howsoever boorish that person may be? In their moving and brilliant translation of the Ramayana, William Buck and B. Rama was well-honoured and well-loved. His presence filled the heart. Fame and wealth never left him. When he was king men were long in life, and lived surrounded by their children and grandchildren and all their families.
The old never had to make funerals for the young. There was rain and fertile earth; indeed, the earth became bountiful. Men grew kind and fearless. Everyone had about him a certain air and look of good fortune.
Rakesh is a globally cited defence analyst. His articles have been quoted extensively by national and international defence journals and in books on diplomacy, counter terrorism, warfare, and development of the global south. The Scientific Dating of the Ramayana. A Ramayana ballet from Indonesia. The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic which follows Prince Rama's quest to rescue his beloved wife Sita from the clutches of Ravana with the help of an army of monkeys. Comprising 24, verses in seven cantos, the epic contains the teachings of the very ancient Hindu sages.
One of the most important literary works of ancient India, it has greatly influenced art and culture in the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia, with versions of the story also appearing in the Buddhist canon from a very early date. The story of Rama has constantly been retold in poetic and dramatic versions by some of India's greatest writers and also in narrative sculptures on temple walls. It is one of the staples of later dramatic traditions, re-enacted in dance-dramas, village theatre, shadow-puppet theatre and the annual Ram-lila Rama-play.
The original five books of an oral epic of local northern significance dealing with a hero and his exile, the abduction of his wife by a rival king and her rescue became conflated into seven books in which the hero Rama became an avatar of the god Vishnu, the scene shifted to encompass the whole of India, and the struggle to recover his wife became a metaphor for the final triumph of the righteous.
Rama, prince of Ayodhya, won the hand of the beautiful princess Sita seen here , but was exiled with her and his brother Laksmana for 14 years through the plotting of his stepmother.
In the forest Sita was abducted by Ravana, and Rama gathered an army of monkeys and bears to search for her. The allies attacked Lanka, killed Ravana, and rescued Sita. In order to prove her chastity, Sita entered fire, but was vindicated by the gods and restored to her husband. After the couple's triumphant return to Ayodhya, Rama's righteous rule Ram-raj inaugurated a golden age for all mankind.
Rama is the hero of the Ramayana epic, an incarnation of the God Vishnu. The eldest and favourite son of Dasaratha, King of Ayodhya, he is a virtuous prince and is much loved by the people. He is exiled from Ayodhya due to the plotting of his stepmother, Kaikeyi.
Sita is Rama's wife and daughter of King Janaka of Mithila. Sita is the epitome of womanly purity and virtue.
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