The Ramayana is one of the greatest epics of Hindu Mythology. Written by the Hindu sage Valmiki‚ the Ramayana is not just a story‚ but also an educational medium used by the ancient sages to espouse the importance of doing yourdharma (duty) in relationships. The Ramayana depicts characters that we should aspire to be like‚ such as the ideal father‚ ideal son‚ ideal brother‚ ideal leader‚ ideal wife‚ etc. You can teach values and ethics to your child by way of storytelling. The Ramayana and Mahabharata
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In the Ramayana by Valmiki each character was unique in there own way which made the story interesting. Rama‚ Sita‚ and Ravana each were connected and had there tie in with each other. Each had there own unique tragic flaw that lead to there own unique conflict. Rama’s tragic flaw was that he is loyal and that lead to his human vs self conflict. Sita’s tragic flaw is that she is too naive and that leads to her human vs human conflict. Last but not least Ravana’s tragic flaw is that he is cocky and
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This "telling" of the Ramayana story was adapted by Larry Tominberg for classroom use. If a teacher is unable to provide fuller copies of the text for use with the lessons in Spotlight on Ramayana: An Enduring Tradition‚ this version should be used. The Boyhood of Rama On the banks of the Sarayu River stood the beautiful city of Ayodhya‚ the capital of Kosala. In the city there were magnificent palaces decorated with precious stones. Spires of great temples rose above the city as if to touch
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Mahima Swarup RELG 250.00 Prof. Elison Rejecting Sita One of my first memories about this final episode of the Ramayana involved reading the Amar Chitra Katha‚ and asking my sister where Sita went (on being swallowed up by Mother Earth)‚ baffled by physical realities more than anything else as an eight year old. A few years and another read later‚ my first instinct was to reject Rama’s apparent chink in the armour. Now‚ I seem to find consolation in the fact that most Hindu divine figures
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Jie Guo ENGL 270 4 December 2012 The Ideal Woman: Sita Valmiki’s Ramayana‚ published in 551 BC‚ is an epic focusing on all of the different elements of dharma. Dharma is defined as divine duty and means literally “that which holds‚” as in the way that one should live their life. There are four spheres of dharma‚ also called goals‚ with dharma being the first one. The second is artha‚ meaning worldly profit‚ possessions‚ and political power. The third is kama: pleasure and love. The idea
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Historical Background of Ramayana Ramayana is true‚ if you have read it you can easily make out that it just can’t be a mere work of imagination. All the incidents‚ places and events seems natural. Nothing seems to be false. When britishers captured India some 150 yrs. ago‚ they rumoured it to be false and then some britishers who didn’t had any firm Hindu background just declared it to be a myth. Conclusion: IT IS TRUE Religions Background of Ramayana Hindu religious literature is the large
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Love Is All You Need Love…..Love is one of the driving forces behind humanity‚ an emotion that transcends time and cultures. It’s no wonder that love is a theme often repeated in our literary works‚ such as The Odyssey and The Ramayana of Valmiki. The Odyssey and The Ramayana of Valmiki are two of the world’s earliest works of literature‚ so old in fact‚ they started out as oral traditions. These two epics have much in common‚ despite the fact that there is a thousand years of history and thousands
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RAMAYANA The writers of ramayana were Valmiki ‚ Kamban and Tulsidas. Valmiki’s real name was Ratnakar who was a robber first n then by an incident with the great sage made him turn to a wonderful poet well known named as VALMIKI who wrote the great epic RAMAYANA. Ramayana has about 25‚000 slokas. In Ramayana lord VISHNU recarnated to RAMA and the Vedas recarnated as RAMAYANA. The 7 parts of Ramayana are: 1. Bala kanda 2. Ayodhya kanda 3. Aranya kanda 4. Kiskinda kanda
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religious duty of one man and the purity of a woman. In "the Ramayana of Valmiki” ‚ Rama and Sita are portrayed as individuals with ideal characteristics and ethical behavior in the view of the Indian culture. Rama is considered a reincarnation of divinity and a man of solemn duty; Sita is the symbol of obedience and chastity. The moral elements of each character are presented through many difficult challenges that test both Rama and Sita. The actions and decisions of both characters through the text
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the genders are clearly shown in The Ramayana. Women are judged by their beauty. A perfect woman must be beautiful and loyal to her husband. Men are not only judged by their beauty‚ but also by their strength. Because women are often considered the weaker sex‚ men are expected to protect the women. Everything about a woman revolves around her appearance. Women are judged by their appearances. Beauty is the first aspect a man notices when meeting a woman. Sita is “a woman of unearthly beauty” (Narayan
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