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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, a Sanskrit Epic by Vālmīki, with transliteration and Thothica's English translation from the GRETIL source text.

Chapters

7

Variants

14

Genre

Epic

Difficulty

Advanced

Chapters

In the atlas

fully mapped

Figures84

Rāma · Lakṣmaṇa · Indra · Sītā · Brahmā · Daśaratha · Rāvaṇa · Bharata · Sugrīva · Hanūmān

Ideas

Dharma · Māyā · Rājadharma · Truth · Pativratā · Tapas · Austerity · Boon · Śāpa

Places30

Laṅkā · Ayodhyā · Daṇḍaka forest · Janasthāna · The ocean · Gaṅgā · Kiṣkindhā · Aśoka grove · Mithilā · Kailāsa

Groups14

Rākṣasas · Vānaras · Brāhmaṇas · Citizens of Ayodhyā · Ikṣvāku lineage · Dānavas · Bears · Gandharvas · Rākṣasas of Laṅkā · Apsarases

Events

Abduction of Sītā

Objects

Puṣpaka · Aiṣīka weapon · Brāhma weapon · Indra's thunderbolt

Animals

Airāvata · Deer

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