Like Mahabharata, Ramayana is not just a story: it presents the teachings of ancient Hindu sages in narrative allegory, interspersing philosophical and ethical elements. Ramayana was an important influence on later Sanskrit poetry and Hindu life and culture. It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal husband and the ideal king. In Hindu tradition, it is considered to be the adi-kavya (first poem). It consists of nearly 24,000 verses (mostly set in the Shloka meter), divided into seven Kandas and about 500 sargas (chapters). The Ramayana is one of the largest ancient epics in world literature. There have been many attempts to unravel the epic's historical growth and compositional layers various recent scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text range from the 7th to 4th centuries BCE, with later stages extending up to the 3rd century CE. His travels across forests in India with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, the kidnapping of his wife by Ravana, the great king of Lanka, resulting in a war with him, and Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya to be crowned king is the crux of the epic. It follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest from the kingdom, by his father King Dasharatha, on request of his second wife Kaikeyi. The epic, traditionally ascribed to the RishiValmiki, narrates the life of Rama, the legendary prince of the Kosala Kingdom. Along with the Mahābhārata, it forms the HinduItihasa. Ramayana ( / r ɑː ˈ m ɑː j ə n ə/ Sanskrit: रामायणम्, Rāmāyaṇam ) is one of the two major Sanskritepics of ancient India, the other being the Mahābhārata. Valmiki Ramayanam Telugu by: Sri M.V.Subrahmanyam, B.A.,B.G.L., Former Registrar AP. Telugu eBooks Download, Telugu Books online, PDF Books online, free download. Hinduism and Jainism / and Buddhism / and Sikhism / and Judaism / and Christianity / and Islam.

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