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Rāmāyaṇa (The Journey of Rāma)

Valmiki

Sanskrit epic of some twenty-four thousand stanzas, according to tradition, in seven books: Bāla, Ayodhyā, Araṇya, Kiṣkindhā, Sundara, Yuddha and Uttara. It narrates the life of Rāma, prince of Ayodhyā: his fourteen-year exile, the abduction of his wife Sītā by Rāvaṇa, king of Laṅkā, the alliance with the monkeys and with Hanumān, the war and the return to the throne. A model of learned poetry (kāvya) and of the ideal of dharma, it is the source of hundreds of versions across Asia.

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English

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith · 108 chapters · 2 h reading

  1. 1The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse1′
  2. 2Book I1′
  3. 3BOOK II2′
  4. 4BOOK III1′
  5. 5BOOK IV1′
  6. 6BOOK V1′
  7. 7BOOK VI2′
  8. 8XIV1′
  9. 9Canto XXXVI. The Birth Of Gangá.1′
  10. 10Canto IV. Within The City.1′
  11. 11Canto XXVII. Trijatá's Dream.1′
  12. 12Canto XXXVIII. Sítá's Gem.1′
  13. 13Canto LVIII. The Feast Of Honey.1′
  14. 14Canto LIV. Vajradanshtra's Death.1′
  15. 15Canto LXXV. The Night Attack.1′
  16. 16Canto XCIII. Rávan's Lament.1′
  17. 17Canto XCVI. Rávan's Sally.1′
  18. 18Canto CIII. Indra's Car.1′
  19. 19Canto CVI. Glory To The Sun.1′
  20. 20Section XIII. Rávan Doomed.5′
  21. 21Caput XIV. RATIO NECANDI RAVANAE EXCOGITATA.3′
  22. 22Caput XIV. IL MEZZO STABILITO PER UCCIDERE RÁVANO.4′
  23. 23XIV.6′
  24. 24Uttarakánda.18′
  25. 25Queen Fortune.1′
  26. 26Indra.1′
  27. 27Vishnu.2′
  28. 28Siva.2′
  29. 29Apsarases.1′
  30. 30Vishnu's Incarnation As Ráma.5′
  31. 31Kusa and Lava.1′
  32. 32Parasuráma, Page 87.1′
  33. 33Yáma, Page 68.1′
  34. 34Fate, Page 68.1′
  35. 35Visvámitra, Page 76.1′
  36. 36Household Gods, Page 102.1′
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  48. 48Page 174. The Praise Of Kings1′
  49. 49Page 176. Sálmalí.1′
  50. 50Page 178. Bharat's Return.1′
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  57. 57Page 286. Urvasí.2′
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  59. 59Page 329. Ráma's Alliance With Sugríva.2′
  60. 60Page 342. The Fall Of Báli.1′
  61. 61Page 370. The Vánar Host.3′
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  64. 64Page 378. Northern Kurus.3′
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  76. 76Page 492. Rávan's Funeral.1′
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  78. 78Page 503. The Meeting.1′
  79. 79Final Notes.11′
  80. 80INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES · 11′
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French

Translated by Hippolyte Fauche · 97 chapters · 15 h reading

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