Message: #1 2021-11-17 
Rāmāyana (/rɑːˈmɑːjənə/;[1][2] Sanskrit:
रामायणम्,[3] IAST: Rāmāyaṇam pronounced
[raːˈmaːjɐɳɐm]) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of
ancient India and important text of Hinduism, the other being the
Mahābhārata.[4]
The epic, traditionally ascribed to the Maharishi Valmiki, narrates
the life of Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya city in the kingdom of
Kosala. 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 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 war; and Rama's eventual
return to Ayodhya to be crowned king amidst jubilation and
celebration. |
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