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Araṇyakāṇḍa (Book of the Forest)
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Araṇyakāṇḍa (Book of the Forest)
अरण्यकाण्ड (Araṇyakāṇḍa)
Life in the Daṇḍaka forest among ascetics and demons: Lakṣmaṇa mutilates the rākṣasī Śūrpaṇakhā, Rāma destroys Khara's army, and Rāvaṇa, brother to them both, takes revenge with the stratagem of the golden deer and abducts Sītā. The vulture Jaṭāyus dies trying to prevent it; Rāma, desolate, begins the search and is welcomed by the ascetic Śabarī.
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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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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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