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| | Ramayana - encyclopedia article about Ramayana. |
 | | The Ramayana (Sanskrit: march or journey (ayana) of Rama) is part of the Hindu smriti, written by Valmiki. | | | The Ganges, according to the legends of the Ramayana, rises in heaven, whence, owing to Brahma's agency, it descends to the earth. | | | Abridged Ramayana and Mahabharata by R.C. Dutt (1899) |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ramayana
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| | Ramayana |
| | The major contribution of the Adhyatma Ramayana lies in the casting of Rama in the role of the spiritual teacher and in the several exquisite hymns sung in praise of Rama. | | | Ramayana elucidates that the most important aspect of Dharma is truthfulness (Satyam) and on this alone every other aspect of Dharma is established. | | | In the orthodox circles of Rama devotees, the Adhyatama Ramayana is considered to be a Mantra-sastra, a sacred book, each stanza of which is revered as a Mantra (mystic syllable) and devoutly repeated in a ceremonial way. |
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http://www.hinduism.co.za/ramayana.htm
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| | Ramayana |
| | The Ramayana is a marvellous book which contains the essence of all Vedas and all sacred scriptures. | | | Valmiki Ramayana contains 24,000 verses which have been grouped into 500 Chapters and that again into seven Kandas or sections, viz., Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya, Kishkindha, Sundara, Yuddha and the Uttara Kandas. | | | The melody of Ramayana was born from a heart of love and pity for the wounded bird. |
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http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/religions/ramayana.htm
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| | Ramayana. A hindu epic |
| | Ramayana was originally written by a sage Valmiki in the Sanskrit language and later on it was translated into other languages in different versions. | | | The Ramayana does not begin with the life of Rama, but actually with the people on earth who suffer from the demon named Ravan. | | | In short the Ramayana is about Rama who was born in a royal family and was supposed to be the king, but because of his step- mother, he was forced to exile from his kingdom for fourteen years. |
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| | Spotlights on the Ramayana |
| | It is also said in some Ramayanas that the king of Caucasus had agreed to marry his daughter on the condition that the son born of her would be the crown-prince. | | | The Ramayana and the Mahabharata together comprise the whole of the epic literature of ancient India, and they present a most graphic and life-like picture of the civilisation and culture, customs and traditions, the social and political life, the religious and spiritual thoughts of ancient India, which cannot be ignored in any way. | | | Adorations to Lord Mahadeva, over whose divine body the holy ashes are auspicious and ecstatic and who narrated the sacred Sri Ramacharitmanas (Ramayana) to his holy consort Uma. |
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| | The Ramayana in the Srivaishnava Experience -- Part 2 |
| | In the commentary on the Tiruppavai, Periyavaccan Pillai quotes from the Ramayana and alludes to various incidents from it while elucidating twenty nine of the thirty verses in the poem; only the last signature verse does not come in for elaboration with some choice quote from the commentator's favorite text. | | | The Ramayana itself is understood against the background of South Indian conventions and the associative structure of the five landscapes found in Cankam poetry. | | | Rama rescues Sita in the Ramayana; this act is enacted everytime a devotee is drawn to Srirangam ("the auspicious stage") and becomes a participant in the drama. |
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| | Manas: Religious texts of India, Ramayana |
| | The Ramayana existed in the oral tradition perhaps as far back as 1,500 BCE, but the fourth century BCE is generally accepted as the date of its composition in Sanskrit by Valmiki. | | | One recent and moving reinterpretation of the Ramayana by Ramachandra Gandhi suggests that the portion about the agnipariksha is not part of the story as it appeared in the oral tradition, being added at the instance of patriarchal men who came to exercise increasing influence in Indian society. | | | he Ramayana belongs to a class of literature known in Sanskrit as kavya (poetry), though in the West it is considered to belong to the category of literature familiar to readers of Homer, namely the epic. |
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http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Religions/texts/Ramaya.html
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| | Kamat's Potpourri: Amma's Column |
| | Originally Ramayana was written in Sanskrit by Valmiki arguably in the 7th century B.C. Since the mention of Dasharatha and Rama occurs in Rigveda, their story must have happened much earlier. | | | Jaina and Buddhist literature also includes Ramayana with variation. | | | Hindi Ramayana (Ramcharitmanas) of Tulasidas is immensely popular throughout the Hindi belt, sung in millions of homes. |
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http://www.kamat.com/jyotsna/blog/blog.php?BlogID=864
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| | Ramayana Outline |
| | The Ramayana is an epic story that is enjoyed and appreciated for its spiritual depth, wisdom and insight, as well as for its tales of abduction, battle and courtship filled with heroes, deities and demons. | | | The countless versions of the Ramayana, both written and oral, constitute the basis of the visual and kinetic expressions of the theme in different regions of South and Southeast Asia. | | | Briefly, our purpose in bringing Ramayana scholars together is to identify what would be the ways of launching a many-sided study of the Ramayana, which will include the establishment of an archival site at UBC for Ramayana texts, art and performance related artefacts. |
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http://www.iar.ubc.ca/ramayana/update1.html
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| | Ramayana |
| | Whoever reads and recites the holy, life-giving, Ramayana is freed from sin and attains heaven." The same effected by repeating Rama's name in the ear of a dying person. | | | The epic Ramayana itself consisting of twenty-four thousand couplets is believed to be the first poetical work of purely human origin in Indian literature, being credited to Valmiki (c. | | | Ram as a mantra is held, especially by the Vaisnavites, to contain the universe, and from that mantra all languages emerged. |
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http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/r/ramayana.html
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| | Ramayana........ |
| | We in India believe that Rama lived in Treta Yug, millennia BC and we are presently concerned with what Ramayana tells us, rather than when it was told. | | | This epic poem Ramayana is passed on to the present age by word-of-mouth rendering like a ballad. | | | Ramayana poem is composed of verses called Sloka, in high text Sanskrit and a complex meter called Anustup. |
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http://www.durgapustak.com/ramayan.htm
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| | The Asiatic Bazaar: The storyboard of the RAMAYANA |
| | century CE of Ramayana are known as Jataka tales, stories of the former lives of Buddha that usually are embedded in such religious texts as Six Parimitra Sutra. | | | It is common to find Ramayana episodes depicted next to Buddhist images stories in temples, as at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok. | | | Language, culture, custom, history, and religion have shaped Ramayana throughout Asia, but the basic story can still be recognized in its many different manifestations, ancient and modern. |
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http://www.azibaza.com/lecture/ramayana.htm
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| | Kavicakravarti Kamban |
| | Kamba Ramayana is not a translation of the Sanskrit epic by Adikavi Valmiki, but an original retelling of the story of Sri Rama, as the incarnation of Lord Tirumal (Mahavishnu). | | | "Ramayana", by C. Rajagopalachari, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, 1951. | | | Kamban's Ramayana is a lyric, while Valmiki's is an epic. |
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| | The Ramayana Epic |
| | Performances of the Ramayana by Thai exiles became extremely popular at the Burmese court where most traditional dramas were serious Buddhist stories such as the Jataka Tales. | | | The basic story and characters of the Ramayana in Southeast Asia have remained true to the Indian origin, but in each country of Southeast Asia the setting and heroes are understood to be local figures. | | | Thailand and Burma are now Theravada Buddhist countries with no direct link to the religious basis for the Ramayana. |
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http://seasiancrafts.com/spiritworld/ramayana.htm
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| | EDSITEment - Lesson Plan |
| | Discuss with students how the meaning and weight of the Ramayana might be different for a student in India, where many people see Rama in themselves, and the Ramayana as a story about their ancestors and country. | | | The Ramayana is an epic poem that tells the story of Rama, the crown prince of Ayodhya and an avatar (or incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu. | | | The Ramayana is the story of Rama, the crown prince of ancient Ayodhya, and an earthly incarnation of the Hindu god, Vishnu. |
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| | Ramayana Pictures(Ramayan) |
| | Popular searches : buddha pictures - chakras - durga - ganesha - hanuman - indian astrology - kali - lord krishna - lakshmi - ramayana - shiva - sri yantra - vishnu - yantras - yoga posters - zodiac pictures - Yoga and Ayurveda - Indian numerology - rasas - rasa sadhana | | | The Ramayan or Ramayana is one of the greatest hindu epics. | | | Ganesha - Shiva - Buddha - Saraswati - Sita and Ram - Lakshmi - Shakti - Brahma - Durga - Kali - Vishnu - Annapurna - Dhanwantari - Ganga - Indra - Kartikay - Kurma - Matangi - more hindu gods and goddesses... |
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| | Hinduism |
| | In the story of The Ramayana, Ram incarnates in order to save the world from a race of demons led by the ten-headed, twenty-armed demon king, Ravana. | | | The story of Vishnu’s incarnation as Ram is recounted in >>The Ramayana<<, a tale which has been told and re-told, from the time it was first composed more than two millenia ago, right down to the present. | | | The story of The Ramayana is important in Neem Karoli Baba’s lineage. |
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| | The Ramayana |
| | However the Ramayana is important and widely revered as a scripture by a wide proportion of the Hindu community. | | | This is the end of the real epic of the Ramayana, however a supplement was added describing the fate of Sita. | | | One of the honoured guests at the feast was Saint Valmiki, reputed author of the Ramayana. |
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http://www.crock11.freeserve.co.uk/ramay.htm
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| | Rama Overview |
| | In ancient times, Ramayana was probably brought from India to the neighboring countries of Southeast Asia by way of oral transmission along with the puranas and the popular oral tales. | | | Both India and Southeast have a rich tradition of using masks as part of the Ramayana performing tradition. | | | The annual performances of the Ramayana variations are often connected with the agricultural cycle and are staged to assure a blessing on the farmer's work and harvest. |
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http://www.ias.berkeley.edu/orias/SEARama/RamaOverview.htm
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| | Organiser - Content |
| | The Valmiki Ramayana in Sanskrit as also the Tulsi Ramayana by Saint Tulsidas in Hindi are extremely popular volumes throughout India and abroad. | | | Moving forward, after 25 years of the birth of Lord Rama, the position of (the) planets in the sky tallies with their description in the Ramayana. | | | Is Ramayana a description of the lives and times of Lord Rama and the Raghukul (the descendants of King Raghu) and the times during an unknown period of Indias ancient history or is it nothing but an epic which, Hindus believe to be a true account of the events in ancient India? |
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| | The Ramayana - ReligionFacts |
| | Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India - Jonah Blank | | | Abridged English translation of the Ramayana by R. Dutt. | | | Then he realized that when he was saying "mara mara mara" he was also saying "rama rama rama." He then wrote the Ramayana in honor of the god who had changed his life. |
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http://www.religionfacts.com/hinduism/texts/ramayana.htm
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| | Second International Ramayana Conference |
| | Ramayana is one of the greatest Sanskrit epic poems ever written. Originated in north India during the tenth to twelfth centuries BCE, the epic is credited to the Indian poet Valmiki. The Valmikis version of the Ramayana consists of 24,000 verses divided into 500 songs. | | | Ramayana has been a powerful theme in Indian arts, literature and religion since its inception. It also spread throughout much of Southeast Asia. | | | Ramayana tells the life story of the noble prince Rama. Ramas life story tells of his travails, his adherence to principles during the worst of times, his leadership, and his compassion. |
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http://www.ramayanainstitute.org/Conference/2005_conference.html
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| | Ramayana Information |
| | Cognized by the illustrious sage Valmiki, the Ramayana was composed in Sanskrit, the language of the Vedic civilization of ancient India. | | | Raghunathan devotedly completed his translation of the Ramayana shortly before passing on at age 89. | | | The date of composition of the Ramayana cannot be fixed, since for thousands of years, in the tradition of Vedic knowledge, Vedic literature was handed down orally singer to singer, generation after generation. |
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http://www.ramayanaudio.com/Background_Information/background_information.html
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| | Untitled |
| | The legend was based on Ramayana, a multi-author multi-rescension book of thousands of verses. | | | Rama, known to be the actor on Ramayana, was not just a character but also a God. | | | Yet another group views the Ramayana as a call for social justice and sees an example in Rama's acceptance of all living beings and his work to elevate the humble and bring down the arrogant. |
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http://www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/spring98/elstonjoe.htm
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| | Valmiki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Valmiki ("ant", adj.) is the author of the Hindu holy book Ramayana written in Sanskrit. | | | Valmiki is wrongly said to have been a forest brigand, till the day Narada enlightened him. | | | http://www.valmikiramayan.net/ site has the Ramayana text with meaning. |
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| | Valmiki Ramayana |
| | Those in India believe that Rama lived in Satya Yug (Truth age), millennia BC and many are presently concerned with what Ramayana tells us, rather than when it was told. | | | This verse expanded into the Ramayana containing 24,000 verses arranged into numerous sargas, which are contained in 6 books. | | | The epic poem Ramayana is passed on to the present age by word of mouth rendering like a ballad. |
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http://www.msu.edu/~mahereri/rel340/ramayana.html
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| | Ramayana |
| | The Ramayana is a marvellous book which contains the essence of all Vedas and all sacred scriptures. | | | Valmiki Ramayana contains 24,000 verses which have been grouped into 500 Chapters and that again into seven Kandas or sections, viz., Bala, Ayodhya, Aranya, Kishkindha, Sundara, Yuddha and the Uttara Kandas. | | | The melody of Ramayana was born from a heart of love and pity for the wounded bird. |
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http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/religions/ramayana.htm
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| | Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda |
| | But some verses and chapters are deleted for standardization of Ramayana as per this verse and they contain 560 chapters and 24,00 verses only. | | | If Uttara Ramayana, otherwise called abhudaya kaanDa, is ascribed to Valmiki, the cantos are seven and chapters are about 649 and verses are about 24,253. | | | Glorious Kusha and Lava are the virtue knowing princes, and they are endowed with melodious voice, besides being the residents of the same hermitage, thus Valmiki saw them saluting at his feet. |
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http://www.valmikiramayan.net/bala/sarga4/balaitrans4.htm
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| | BANGLAPEDIA: Ramayana |
| | Ramayana Sanskrit epic by Valmiki, based on the story of Rama or ramachandra, son of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya. | | | The Ramayana is also a religious book of the Hindus. | | | In 1792 Ramananda Ghosh translated the Ramayana, describing himself an apostle of the Buddha. |
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| | Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda |
| | tattvajJNau = (Lava and Kusha) knowing the true essence (of the story of Ramayana), jagatuH = sang, yathopadeshaH = exactly as taught (by Valmiki), susamaahitau = attentively, samaagame = in an assembly, R^ishhiiNaam = of sages, dvijaathiinaam cha = and of brahmans, saadhuunaam cha = and gentlemen. | | | Lava and Kusha, who grasped the true essence of Ramayana, attentively sang the epic, exactly as taught to them by Valmiki, in an assembly of sages, brahmans and other gentlemen. | | | Lava and Kusha are sent away with blessings by Rama, who does not know their true identity. |
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