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Bālakāṇḍa (Book of Childhood) — Valmiki

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Bālakāṇḍa (Book of Childhood)

बालकाण्ड (Bālakāṇḍa)

Nārada en la ermita de Vālmīki
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First book and a late stratum. It contains the poem's frame —Vālmīki's question to Nārada, the scene of the cranes and Brahmā's command—, the birth of Rāma and his brothers after Daśaratha's sacrifice, the expedition with Viśvāmitra, numerous interpolated legends (the descent of the Ganges, Ahalyā, the rivalry of Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra), the breaking of Śiva's bow and the marriage to Sītā.

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Authorship note

Book of the Rāmāyaṇa ascribed by tradition to Vālmīki. A work of oral composition and centuries-long growth; see the note to the complete work.

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English

  • The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, Vol. I: Bālakāṇḍa — Valmiki

    The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki, Vol. I: Bālakāṇḍa

    Princeton University Press, 1990

    Translation: Robert P. Goldman

    ISBN 9780691014852

    Primera edición 1984.

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  • बालकाण्ड (texto sánscrito)

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Sources

  • Brockington, John. The Sanskrit Epics. Leiden: Brill, 1998 (Handbuch der Orientalistik, 2. Abt., Bd. 12). Capítulos sobre el Rāmāyaṇa: transmisión, recensiones, estratos y datación.

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