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Aamisham means meat and it also means enjoyable sense object like kingdom;
it also means immense sense gratification and very pleasant and dear sense
objects. Why translate this word only to mean meat? Isn't it biased
translation?
Maamsa means meat and it also means pulp of a fruit or root. Roots are quite
commonly roasted in fire and eaten.
Sloka 5-36-41
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As far as I know, this story has no scriptural basis; it may just be folklore. The story as I remember it goes roughly as follows: the king of Kashi was once in Ayodhya, perhaps during the coronation of Rama, and he insulted the short-tempered sage Vishwamitra who was there at the time. Vishwamitra was furious and he told Rama that he wanted the king's ...
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As you probably know, the birth of Rama and his brothers was caused by Dasharatha's wives drinking divine Payasa obtained from the fire of the Putrakameshti Yagna (ritual for having sons). As a result, the births occurred very close together, with Rama being just one day older than Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrugna, as described in this chapter of the Bala ...
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Yes, Sri Rama, the son of Dasharatha is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. So, he himself is the Lord.
It is mentioned in Valmiki Ramayana, Baala Kanda that all world had become sad because of Ravana. Then all Devas along with Lord Brahma prayed to Lord Vishnu. Then Lord Vishnu pleased by them and promised to take birth as the son of Dasharatha.
ततो नारायणो...
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Rama Rajya is described in Yuddha Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana after Rajya-Abhishekam of Lord Rama. Here is how Rama Rajya is described:
न पर्यदेवन्विधवा न च व्यालकृतं भयम् |
न व्याधिजं भयन् वापि रामे राज्यं प्रशासति || ६-१२८-९९
While Rama was ruling the kingdom, there were no widows to lament, nor there was no danger from wild animals, nor any fear ...
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In this chapter of the Yuddha Kanda of the Ramayana, Rama explains why he made Sita walk through fire, despite having complete trust in her:
Seetha certainly deserves this pure factory ordeal in the eyes of the people in as much as this blessed woman had resided for a long time indeed in the gynaecium of Ravana. The world would chatter against me, saying ...
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Yes, there are scriptures that are used by Ramanandi Vaishnavas to support their claim of Lord Rama being the Original Supreme Personality of Godhead.
raghavasya guno divyo mahavisnuh svarupavana ।
vasudevo ghanibhutastanutejah sadasivah ।।
matsyasca ramahrdayam yogarupi janardanah ।
kurmascadharasaktisca varaho bhujayorbalam ।।
...
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Your above information is partly wrong. Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas was not direct word of Hanuman . Tulsidas got darshan of Hanuman guided by a Pretatama and by the guide of Hanuman he received vision of Shri Ram and Lakshman. He then decided to write Ramayan. First he wanted to write in Sanskrit but after Lord Shivas vision in dream to write in local language ...
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In Verse 19 of Yuddha Kanda - Book Of War, Chapter [Sarga] 123, Valmiki Ramayana, Lord Rama himself says that he worshiped Mahadeva.
एतत् कुक्षौ समुद्रस्य स्कन्धावारनिवेशनम् || ६-१२३-१९
अत्र पूर्वं महादेवः प्रसादमकरोत्प्रभुः |
"See this island, located in the middle of the ocean, where my troops were stationed. At this place, the lord Shiva (the ...
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If we go by Uttar Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana then his act of Kidnapping Sita is also considered not bad. It is told he did it to get liberation from hand of Rama. The Story is in Section XLIII of Uttar Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana:
Agastya Rishi is describing stories to Rama. Now he says:
O king. I shall now again relate to thee another divine theme. O RAma ...
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Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda provides answer to this question. See Here
तेषामपि महातेजा रामो रतिकरः पितुः | स्वयम्भूरिव भूतानां बभूव गुणवत्तरः
|| २-१-६
RaamaH = Rama; svayambhuuriva = like the Brahma;bhuutaanaaM = among all the living beings; guNavattaraH = the most virtuous; teshhaamapi =
among those brothers;mahaatejaH = the mightiest; ...
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I do not know how the story of Rama killing Ravana on Vijaya Dashami and returning on Deepawali became famous.
If we go through Valmiki Ramayana. It doesn't give precise information on time span between killing of Ravana and returning of Rama to Ayodhya. Furthermore, it is not possible that Rama killed Ravana on Vijaya Dashami and awaited 20 days ...
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One important reason goes far back to even before Ravana was born. Ravan was actually one of the two gatekeepers at Lord Vishnu's abode Vaikuntha. Once, they stopped the four Sanat kumaras from entering into Vaikuntha and they got cursed. So they took take birth in demonic families as the Lord had desired:
The Lord replied: O brāhmaṇas, know that the ...
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I would like so share some of the important points from the following link http://veda.wikidot.com/ayodhya, here. It provides both historical as well Archaelogical Evidences
Puranas like the Brahmanda Purana consider Ayodhya as one of the six holiest cities in Hinduism.
The story of this epic has been immortalized by Valmiki and immensely popularized by ...
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In the Vana Parva of Mahabharata there is Ramopakhyana section ie. Ramayana is told there by Markandeya to Yudhisthira. One example from that section is:
"Markandeya said, 'O bull of the Bharata race, even Rama suffered unparalleled misery, for the evil-minded Ravana, king of the Rakshasas, having recourse to deceit and overpowering the vulture Jatayu, ...
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This comparison is actually unfair and made famous from some particular sects only. This is same how they started saying "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare" instead of Kali-Santarana Upanishad version "Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare" i.e. ...
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The story is told in this excerpt from the Uttara Kanda of the Ramayana. A mysterious sage once came to Ayodhya, claiming to be "the messenger of the great saint Atibala" and wanting to talk to Rama. Rama agreed to talk to him, but the sage said that the matter they had to discuss was extremely confidential:
If dost thou wish to bring about the well-...
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Here is the verse from Ramayana that Rama left eating meat for 14 years.
चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विजने वने |
मधु मूल फलैः जीवन् हित्वा मुनिवद् आमिषम् || २-२०-२९
I shall live in a solitary forest like a sage for fourteen years, leaving off meat and living with roots, fruits and honey.
Lord Rama Chandra, even being a king, stood on his oath ...
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Of course he is. The Ramayana says Sita gave birth to two sons, not that Vamiki cloned one from the other:
yāmeva rātriṃ śatrughna parṇaśālāṃ samāviśat
tāmeva rātriṃ sītāpi prasūtā dārakadvayam [VRM - 7.66.1]
Meaning
On the same night in which Satrughna took shelter in the hermitage, Sita gave birth to two sons.
That same chapter then goes on ...
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Yes, Lord Rama knew that he was an incarnation. There is an incident at the time of Sita Swayamvar where when he accidently broke Lord Shiva's bow. Lord Parshuram, who was also an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, came to know of this and came there started talking angrily about who has broken the bow.When Lord Rama came forward to calm him down, Parshurama asked ...
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Ramcharitmanas tells that 31 arrows flew simultaneously and 10 cut the heads of Ravana, 20 cut his arms and 1 hit the navel whereas Valmiki Ramayana tells that a single arrow hit Ravana's chest.
As per Ramcharitmanas(Lanka kanda):
चौ- खेंचि सरासन श्रवन लगि छाड़े सर इकतीस ।
रघुनायक सायक चले मानहु काल फनीस ।। 102 ।।
Drawing the bow-string right up ...
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Gajendra elephant got Moksha by chanting name of Lord Vishnu. Once Gajendra elephant went to a lake to drink water. One crocodile came and barked at elephant's feet. Crocodile was very strong and it holds elephant in water only. Gajendra elephant continuosly chanted Lord Vishnu's name and Lord Vishnu came to rescue it. Thus an elephant got Moskha.
Nandhi is ...
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These verses are found in Uttar Khanda of Padma Purana in chapter 71. These verses are the last two verses of that chapter.
Parvati Said:
330. if I am unable to recite every day these thousand names of Visnu, then tell me, O bull-bannered god, that name, by which I shall get that fruit (obtained by the recital of Visnu's thousand names).
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Rama is mentioned many times in the Mahabharata:
As I discuss in this answer, once while the Pandavas and Draupadi while living in the forest, Duhsala's husband Jayadratha kidnapped Draupadi, and the Pandavas rescue her. Afterwards, Yudhishthira was despondent that he allowed his wife to be kidnapped, so he asked Markandeya whether there was anyone in ...
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Apart from Valmiki Ramayana, Ram Rajya is described in Ramcharitmanas, Uttar Kand. Very long description has been given from Doha number 20.
राम राज बैंठें त्रेलोका। हरषित भए गए सब सोका।।
बयरु न कर काहू सन कोई। राम प्रताप बिषमता खोई।।
Sri Råma's installation to the throne brought joy to all the three spheres and ended all their sorrows. No one ...
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UTTARA KANDA is a PRAKSHIPTA - an insertion made at a later date. As the episode of banishment of Sita finds place in this Kanda, it has to be rejected.
In view of the following contradictions in the UTTARA KANDA, I think the entire Uttara Kanda is a PRAKSHIPTA, an insertion made at a latter date.
The story of Srimad Ramayana ends with Sri Rama's ...
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Rama's father Maharaja Dasaratha had 3 Queens and 350 other wives. On the other hand, Rama is Ekapatni Vrata, the man who wedded only once. Sitadevi is his only wife.
This is illustrated many times in the Ramayana, prominently in the episode of Surpanakha, where he denies her proposal saying he is Krta Darah, meaning one who has already married - this ...
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