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Which incidents have been excluded from Kambar’s Iramavataram as interpolations?
Kambar was a well known poet belonging to the 12th century, famous for writing the Irāmāvatāram, the Tamil version of Srimad Ramayanam a.k.a Kamba Ramayanam. According to the Wikipedia page of Kambar’...
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Who added the interpolations in hindu mythology? Why were they added? How is it decided that it's a possible interpolation? [duplicate]
Uttar-kand of valmiki ramayana is called an interpolation, similarly few chapters of balkand are interpolations.
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Is uttarkand an interpolation theory new or some old texts give references to it? [duplicate]
This is what the blog narayanastra says:
objections against the authenticity of these two kANDas are modern. Such objections are fit to be rejected by Vedantins. The Vedantins who commented on the ...
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Is the verse about Rāmāyaṇa containing 24,000 ślokas present in the critical edition?
The following verse from the website valmikiramayan.net indicates the total no. of verses present in Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa.
चतुर् विंशत् सहस्राणि श्लोकानाम् उक्तवान् ऋषिः |
तथा सर्ग शतान् पंच षट् का...
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Is the Uttara Kanda of the Srimad Valmiki Ramayana interpolated?
The Valmiki Ramayana consists of 7 Kandas. The last chapter called the Uttara Kanda is considered an interpolation, added in later time? Does the the Uttara Kanda mentions about sakas or Greeks? Is it ...
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