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Bālakāṇḍa
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Book of Childhood
Ayodhyākāṇḍa
3
Book of Ayodhya
Araṇyakāṇḍa
4
Book of the Forest
Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa
5
Book of Kiṣkindhā
Sundarakāṇḍa
6
Book of Beauty
Yuddhakāṇḍa
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Book of War
Uttarakāṇḍa
Book of the Aftermath
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Scholarly introduction with interpretive essays on dharma, kingship, exile, ethics, and narrative structure of the epic.
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The Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa is the oldest and most revered version of the Rāma story, composed by the sage Vālmīki in Sanskrit. This epic consists of seven kāṇḍas (books) containing approximately 24,000 verses, narrating the life and adventures of Lord Rāma, an incarnation of Viṣṇu.
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- Sanskrit Text: Original verses in Devanāgarī script
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- Interactive Glossary: Click any word to see its lemma, forms, and occurrences
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