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Yuddhakāṇḍa (Book of the War)
Traditional attribution
Yuddhakāṇḍa (Book of the War)
युद्धकाण्ड (Yuddhakāṇḍa), también लङ्काकाण्ड
The building of the bridge to Laṅkā, the defection of Vibhīṣaṇa, Rāvaṇa's brother, and the war against the rākṣasas, with Kumbhakarṇa and Indrajit; Rāvaṇa's death, the ordeal by fire to which Rāma subjects Sītā, and the triumphant return to Ayodhyā, where Rāma is crowned. According to philology, the original poem ended with it.
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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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युद्धकाण्ड (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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