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A Hindu epic, written by sage Valmiki. It is the story of Lord Rama's life.

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Why was Sundara Kanda named as such?

I think the names of other Kandas, as stated by one of our friends, are self explanatory. I am not quoting UTTARA KANDA, as it is an interpolation in toto. Ayodhya Kanda - Major story revolves ar …
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Was Daśaratha/Dasharatha at fault to receive a curse for killing a boy unintentionally?

After the game of dice was won by Kauravas, Pandavas and Draupadi were humiliated and were sent to the Forest, as agreed upon. Sri Krishna arrive later in the Forest. Sri Krishna states as follows; …
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Reference to the demon Naraka in The Ramayana and interpretations

Elimination of Naraka by Vishnu was narrated in the Vana Parva of Mahabharata. However, this Naraka appears to be different Naraka than the Naraka of Pragjyothispura and eliminated by Sri Krishna. …
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Why was Sundara Kanda named as such?

I have come across the following verse in one website. sundare sundaro ramah sundare sundari katha sundare sundari sita sundare sundaram vanam, sundare sundaram kavyam sundare sundarah kapih sundare …
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Can the 4,000 years old mural etched into the Darband-i-Belula cliff, Iraq be linked to Sri ...

A mural found in Iraq: An Indian delegation undertook an expedition in Iraq in June to look at a mural from circa 2000 BCE that the Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan believes represents an image of Lord …
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Was Maareecha's taking form of a deer in Ramayana an interpolated story?

The following is the brief story of Sita's abduction from Aranya Kanda. A spy of Ravana named Akampana rushes to him to break the news of annihilation of Janasthaana by Sri Raama. He suggests Rava …
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Was Maareecha's taking form of a deer in Ramayana an interpolated story?

Maareecha , a demon and an associate of Ravana, appears in 2 episodes of Valmiki Ramayana. …
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Did Ramayana occur 1.6 million years ago? [closed]

Many Western scholars and Indian scholars with Western mindset tried to fix the age of Srimad Ramayana, to approximately the 5th to 4th century BC. … Hence, can we infer that Srimad Ramayana occurred 16 lakh or 1.6 million years ago and not 5th to 4th century BC, as the scholars made us believe? …
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Did Lord Ram visit Nashik during his exile?

Therefore, we cannot exactly fix the place of Panchavati, taking clues from Srimad Ramayana. …
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Were people of Srimad Ramayana period aware of Surgery? [duplicate]

People in Ramayana era knew about surgery. Go through the following narration. Seetha recollects the time limit of two months given by Ravana and her vulnerability of being killed by him. … Seeta’s saying that Ravana would cut off her limbs with his sharpened weapons as a surgeon would cut the limbs of a lifeless fetus indicate that the people at the period of Ramayana knew about surgery …
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Does Ramayana have any explicit mention of Dattatreya?

Anasuya and Atri appear in the fag end of Ayodhya Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana. However, Sri Dattatreya was not even mentioned therein. … So the answer is Sri Dattatreya was not mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana. …
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How did Sri Hanuma get that name?

After describing Sri Rama's structure, capabilities to Sita, Sri Hanuma introduces himself as follows: तस्य अहम् हरिणः क्षेत्रे जातो वातेन मैथिलि | हनूमान् इति विख्यातो लोके स्वेन एव कर्मणा || ५ …
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Why viradha said that he should be buried in a Pit?

The OP mentioned correct sloka, but did not give full meaning of the sloka. अवटे च अपि माम् राम निक्षिप्य कुशली व्रज | रक्षसाम् गत सत्त्वानाम् एष धर्मः सनातनः || ३-४-२२ अवटे ये निधीयन्ते तेषाम …
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Was the name mArIcha (मारीच), a demon in Raamayana, adopted from the word marīcikā (मरीचिका)?

marīcikā (मरीचिका) means mirage. https://www.sanskritdictionary.com/?q=mar%C4%ABcik%C4%81&iencoding=deva&lang=sans&action=Search Mirage means an unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved or i …
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Where is the bridge that was built between Sri Lanka and India in the epic Ramayana?

The following issues are to be noted for understanding the reasons for non-existence of bridge constructed by Sri Rama, now. The distance between the land from where Sri Hanuman flew towards Lanka of …
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