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Ayodhyākāṇḍa (Book of Ayodhyā)
Traditional attribution
Ayodhyākāṇḍa (Book of Ayodhyā)
अयोध्याकाण्ड (Ayodhyākāṇḍa)
The drama of the court: when Daśaratha is about to consecrate Rāma as heir, Queen Kaikeyī demands the fulfilment of two promises, Rāma's exile for fourteen years and the throne for her son Bharata. Rāma accepts without protest and departs with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa; the king dies of grief; Bharata refuses the kingdom and rules in his brother's name, with Rāma's sandals on the throne. For many philologists it is the oldest and most accomplished book.
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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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अयोध्याकाण्ड (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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