รามายณะ

Also known as Râmâyana, Valmiki Ramayana

The Ramayana (; ), also known as the Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata. The epic narrates the life of Rama, the seventh avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu, who was a prince of Ayodhya in the kingdom of Kosala. The epic follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi; his travels across the forests in the Indian subcontinent wi

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The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic from India that tells the story of Rama, a prince considered an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, and his fourteen-year exile to the forest. It is one of the two most important epics in Hinduism and remains a foundational text that has shaped Hindu culture and values for thousands of years.

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Religious text.name: Rāmāyaṇa
Religious text.image: Rāma slays Rāvaṇa.png
Religious text.caption: Rāma slaying Rāvaṇa, from a royal Mewar manuscript, 17th century
Religious text.author: Valmiki
Religious text.religion: Hinduism
Religious text.language: Sanskrit
Religious text.period: 7th century BCE – 3rd century CE
Religious text.native_wikisource: वाल्मीकिरामायणम्
Religious text.orig_lang_code: sa
Religious text.wikisource: The Ramayana
Religious text.verses: 24,000
Religious text.chapters: 500 Sargas, 7 Kandas