The Rāmāyana, Volume 1. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam by Valmiki
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"The Rāmāyana, Volume 1. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam" by Valmiki is a Sanskrit epic with its earliest portions composed between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE. This ancient Hindu text follows Prince Rama's fourteen-year exile from his kingdom of Ayodhya, accompanied by his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana. Their forest journey leads to Sita's kidnapping by Ravana, king of Lanka, setting in motion a conflict that will test virtue, loyalty, and duty before
Rama's eventual return home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Creator | Valmiki |
|---|---|
| Translator | Dutt, Manmatha Nath, 1855-1912 |
| Title | The Rāmāyana, Volume 1. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana |
| Credits | Produced by James Simmons |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures |
| Subject | Folklore -- India |
| Subject | Rama (Hindu deity) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Epic poetry, Sanskrit -- Translations into English |
| Subject | Valmiki -- Adaptations |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 57265 |
| Release Date | Jun 3, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 744 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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