Balakanda
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Bala Kanda (; IAST: ', ) is the first Book of the Valmiki Ramayana. The Bala Kanda, in partif not in its entiretyis generally regarded as an interpolation to the original epic.'''' ==Structure==
Key facts
- Religious text.image
- Vishwamitra.jpg
- Religious text.caption
- Vishvamitra asks Dasharatha for help
- Religious text.religion
- Hinduism
- Religious text.language
- Sanskrit
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Part of
- Ramayana
- Official name
- बालकाण्डम्
- Author
- Valmiki
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Structure
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Bala Kanda (; IAST: ', ) is the first Book of the Valmiki Ramayana. The Bala Kanda, in partif not in its entiretyis generally regarded as an interpolation to the original epic.'' ==Structure==
The book consists of seventy-six sargas (sometimes translated as chapters or "cantos") of Sanskrit verse.
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