Questions tagged [ramayana]
A Hindu epic, written by sage Valmiki. It is the story of Lord Rama's life.
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What happened to Lord Rama once he went into Sarayu river? [duplicate]
When Lord Rama went to Sarayu river, how did he die? And what happened to his body after that?
I am sorry if my question is offensive, but I'm eager to know.
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Why did Shri Rama worship Shiva in Ramayana eventhough He is god? [duplicate]
I know that Shri Rama is God , then why did He worship Shiva Linga in Ramayana?
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What is Lord Rama's janma nama?
One of my friends said it starts with 'ha'. Could anyone kindly let me know the birthname of Lord Rama please?
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What is Shri hanuman siting on in the given image?
In this image, what is Shri hanuman siting on?
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An anachronism in Ramayana?
In the Wisdomlib version of Ramayana
https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-ramayana-of-valmiki/d/doc424748.html
under Brahma's praise of Rama
Thus spoke Kakutstha and Brahma, foremost of those ...
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How could Hanuman fly to Lanka and expand his size when his bones would have snapped under his weight?
How could Hanuman increase his size when according to square-cube principle his bones would simply have snapped under his weight?
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Vedavati and Vaishno Devi question
Questions about Vedavati and Vaishno Devi?
A) Is Vedavati mentioned in the Valmiki/original Ramayan? Not in Uttar Kanda but his original work which ends after the return to Ayodhya.
B) Is her story in ...
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Mahabaratha and Ramayana [duplicate]
Ramayana is the clean one in which Lord Rama fought with Ravana face to face and at last Dharma won. Killing of vali is not acceptable in that. But in Mahabaratha there are many connivances like ...
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Where in the Ramayana is it said that all the gods worship sage Agastya while the sage himself worships Śiva alone?
Śrī Appayya Dīkṣita mentions this in his Rāmāyaṇa-tātparya-sārasaṃgraha-stotra. It is apparently from the Rāmāyaṇa verses in the Araṇyakāṇḍa.
But where exactly is it said that all the gods worship ...
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What is the best book to read Ramayana story in Malayalam?
What is the best book to read Ramayana story in Malayalam?
What is the best book to read Ramayana story in Kindle Malayalam?
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Treatment of Chandalas
Within Ithihasas there seems to be bad treatment of Chandalas as Bhishma recounts. By Chandala I mean a child born to a Brahmin mother & Shudra father. Are there any alternative treatments ...
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Why are Hindu gods portrayed as fallible and flawed like Greek/Roman gods?
Among the stories from Mahabharat, Ramayana, Purana, etc I have heard, it seems Hindu gods are very fallible - they make mistakes, they commit crimes, they get angry, they harass people, they get ...
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Were there two types of monkeys who fought for Rama?
समुत्तिष्ठन्तु ते सर्वे हता ये युधि राक्षसैः |
ऋक्षाश्च सह गोपुच्छैर्निकृत्ताननबाहवः || ६-१२०-१३
"Let all those monkeys and bears along with long-tailed monkeys, who have been killed in battle, ...
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Why do we have so many Ramayana? Which one is the essence of all?
Why do we have so many Ramayana? Which one should I read to get the essence of whole?
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Did Tulsidas promote a society with caste violence?
In Ramcharitmanas Sunderkand Paath Chaupai Part 59, Tulsidas writes:
ढोल गवाँर सूद्र पसु नारी। सकल ताड़ना के अधिकारी॥3॥
This is translated as "Drums, the illiterate, lower caste, animals and ...
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Does Siva say anywhere in the Ramayana that Rama is Vishnu or Brahman?
It is now known that Ramayana and Mahabharata are largely Vaishnavite scriptures. Mahabharata has some material depicting Siva as the supreme God, mostly denied by Vaishnavites as interpolations. ...
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Godavari and Ramayana
I saw a YouTube video in which it is asserted that Godavari once lost its sacredness. The reason given is that the river was witness to Sita's abduction and although Sita asked the river to tell Rama ...
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Between Daśaratha-Jātaka and Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa which is older?
One of the fundamental differences between the Buddhist Daśaratha-Jātaka and the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa is that Sītā is portrayed as Rāma's half-sister in the Jātaka:
Once upon a time, at Benares, a ...
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