Ancient India - hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca
... • Ramayana was written in 3rd century BC, and tells story of Rama, and his wife, Sita. • Rama and Sita are generally seen as ideal examples of great manly heroism and wifely devotion. • Reciting the Ramayana is considered a religious act, and scenes from the epic are portrayed throughout India and S ...
... • Ramayana was written in 3rd century BC, and tells story of Rama, and his wife, Sita. • Rama and Sita are generally seen as ideal examples of great manly heroism and wifely devotion. • Reciting the Ramayana is considered a religious act, and scenes from the epic are portrayed throughout India and S ...
HINDUISM scripture notes
... tells the epic story of Rama, the 7th incarnation of the deity Vishnu. 1. Bal Kanda - Rama's boyhood 2. Ayodhya Kanda - Rama's life in Ayodhya until his banishment 3. Aranya - Rama's life in the forest and his abduction by Ravana 4. Kishkinda - Rama's stay at Kishkinda, the capital of his monkey all ...
... tells the epic story of Rama, the 7th incarnation of the deity Vishnu. 1. Bal Kanda - Rama's boyhood 2. Ayodhya Kanda - Rama's life in Ayodhya until his banishment 3. Aranya - Rama's life in the forest and his abduction by Ravana 4. Kishkinda - Rama's stay at Kishkinda, the capital of his monkey all ...
Slide 1
... Rama, the prince of Ayodhya and his wife Sita are the ideal royal couple. Rama is brave, wise and dutiful, and Sita is beautiful, generous and saintly. While Rama is all set for coronation, his step-mother, Dasharatha’s second wife, Kaikeyi, wants her son, Bharata, to become king. Before the aged ki ...
... Rama, the prince of Ayodhya and his wife Sita are the ideal royal couple. Rama is brave, wise and dutiful, and Sita is beautiful, generous and saintly. While Rama is all set for coronation, his step-mother, Dasharatha’s second wife, Kaikeyi, wants her son, Bharata, to become king. Before the aged ki ...
Hinduism
... hymns (written down 1200-900BCE, but based on older oral versions). The Upanishads which means the inner or mystic teaching that were passed down from guru (teacher) to disciple (student). ...
... hymns (written down 1200-900BCE, but based on older oral versions). The Upanishads which means the inner or mystic teaching that were passed down from guru (teacher) to disciple (student). ...
Brief History of India and the novel Siddhartha
... – The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of Hinduism, the other being the Mahabharata. It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife, and the ideal king. – Rama, Sita, Ravana ...
... – The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of Hinduism, the other being the Mahabharata. It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife, and the ideal king. – Rama, Sita, Ravana ...
Ramayana
The Ramayana (Sanskrit: रामायणम्, Rāmāyaṇam, pronounced [rɑːˈmɑːjəɳəm]) is a Sanskrit epic poem ascribed to the Hindu sage and Sanskrit poet Valmiki. It is regarded as one of the two great works of Indian literature, along with the Mahabharata. The Ramayana also plays an important role in Hindu literature (smṛti). It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife, and the ideal king. The name Ramayana is a tatpurusha compound of Rāma and ayana (""going, advancing""), translating to ""Rama's Journey"". The Ramayana consists of 24,000 verses in seven books (kāṇḍas) and 500 cantos (sargas), and tells the story of Rama (the seventh avatar of the Hindu supreme-god Vishnu), whose wife Sita is abducted by Ravana, the king of Lanka (current day Sri Lanka). Incidentally the first letter of every 1000 verses (total 24) make the Gayatri mantra. Thematically, the Ramayana explores human values and the concept of dharma.Verses in the Ramayana are written in a 32-syllable meter called anuṣṭubh. The Ramayana was an important influence on later Sanskrit poetry and Hindu life and culture. Like the Mahabharata, the Ramayana is not just a story: it presents the teachings of ancient Hindu sages in narrative allegory, interspersing philosophical and devotional elements. The characters Rama, Sita, Lakshman, Bharata, Hanuman, and Ravana are all fundamental to the cultural consciousness of India, Nepal, and many south-east Asian countries such as Thailand and Indonesia.There are other versions of the Ramayana in Indian languages, besides Buddhist and Jain adaptations; and also Cambodian, Indonesian, Filipino, Thai, Lao, Burmese, and Malaysian versions of the tale.