significant roles are One Thousand and One Nights‚ the book of “Genesis" found in the Bible‚ and The Ramayana of Valmiki. The women found in these texts act as catalysts in the events occurring in each narrative‚ which ultimately progresses the text to reach its climax and resolution. The female characters in One Thousand and One Nights‚ the book of “Genesis‚” and The Ramayana of Valmiki
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Jump to: navigation‚ search |Sree Rama Navami | |[pic] | |Ram (center)‚ with consort Sita‚ brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman | |Observed by |Hindus | |Type |Hindu | |Significance |Birth day of Ram; Marriage ceremony of Ram
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xxxxx ENGL xxxxx 5 November‚ 2010 The Ideal Individual in the Classic Age of India The Classic Age of India was an era where the values of society were based on the 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
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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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devotion to the god Rama. A composer of several popular works‚ he is best known as the author of the epic Ramcharitmanas‚ a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana in the vernacular Awadhi. Tulsidas was acclaimed in his lifetime to be a reincarnation of Valmiki‚ the composer of the original Ramayana in Sanskrit.[4] He is also considered to be the composer of the Hanuman Chalisa‚ a popular devotional hymn dedicated to Hanuman‚ the divine devotee of Rama.[5] Tulsidas spent most of his life in the city of Varanasi
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everywhere. Most of the acceptable behaviors we have been taught since infancy have religious roots. I will compare and contrast the concepts of divinity in Judaic‚ Sumerian and Hindu culture‚ based on Genesis‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Ramayana of Valmiki‚ respectively. Judging by the literature‚ the Judaic concept of divinity seemed to be both polytheistic and monotheistic. I conclude there were multiple gods by several passages in Genesis including when God said‚ “Let us make a human in our image
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Ramayana Ramayana‚ in Sanskrit means march or journey. It is part of the Hindu smriti written by Valmiki. The smriti is secondary in authority to the shruti. The Ramayana consists of 24‚000 verses spanning seven books. It is believed to be written between the 4th and 2nd century B.C. The first book is called The Book of Youth; it is mostly about Ram. He is the oldest son in the kingdom born to King Dasarath and Queen Kausalya. Both Ram and Lakshman (one of the twin born to Queen Kaikeyi) are sent
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duty conflicts with other values or personal desires‚ forcing characters to compare the choices of following the dharma or fulfilling another human value. Within the context of the relationship between Rama and Sita in the story "The Ramayana of Valmiki"‚ duty is worth the sacrificing of love‚ because his duty is fulfilled to maintain order within the society and above all‚ order is needed for a society to run well. Rama‚ as a king‚ had the duty to create and maintain this order‚ and to do so‚
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India and believers of the Hindu religion. Rama‚ the ancient idol of the heroic ages‚ the embodiment of truth‚ of morality‚ the ideal son‚ the ideal husband‚ and above all‚ the ideal king‚ this Rama has been presented before us by the great Sage Valmiki. Lord Rama is considered to have taken birth on the earth to destroy the evil forces of the age. It is known that the Ramayana has been a source of spiritual‚ cultural‚ and artistic encouragement for people not only in India‚ but also from all
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source of all Ramayana’s that is relevant in various cultures. This text survives in numerous complete and partial manuscripts; the oldest existing is dated from the eleventh century. The current text of Valmiki Ramayana has come down to us in two local versions from north and south of India. Valmiki Ramayana has been traditionally divided into seven books‚ dealing with the life of Rama from his birth to death namely: Bala Kanda ‚ Ayodhya Kanda ‚Aranya ‚ Kishkindha Kanda ‚ Sundara ‚ Yuddha Kanda and
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