रामायण — ramayan (Noun)
रामायण — {rāmâyaṇa} {rāmāyaṇa}, col. 3
रामायण — {rāmāyaṇa} mf({ī})n. relating to Rāma (Dāśarathi)##({ī}), f. the female descendant of the Black One ({rāma}) vi, 83, 3##n. ({ramâyaṇa}) N. of Vālmīki's celebrated poem, describing the 'goings' [{ayana}] of Rāma and Sitā (it contains about 24000 verses in 7 books called Kāṇḍas, viz. 1. Bāla-kāṇḍa or Ādi-kṭkāṇḍa##2. Ayodhyā-kṭkāṇḍa##3. Araṇya-kṭkāṇḍa##4. Kish kindhyā-kṭkāṇḍa##5. Sundara-kṭkāṇḍa##6. Yuddha-kṭkāṇḍa##7. Uttara-kṭkāṇḍa##part of the 1st book and the 7th are thought to be comparatively modern additions##the latter gives the history of Rāma and Sītā after their re-union and installation as king and queen of Ayodhyā, afterwards dramatized by Bhava-bhūti in the Uttara-rāmacaritra##Rāma's character, as described in the Rāmayaṇa, is that of a perfect man, who bears suffering and self-denial with superhuman patience##the author, Vālmīki, was probably a Brāhman connected with the royal family of Ayodhyā##and although there are three recensions of the poem, all of them go back to a lost original recension, the ground work of which, contained in books 2-6, in spite of many amplifications and interpolations, may be traced back to one man, and does not like the Mahābhārata, represent the production of different epochs and minds) &c. (cf. 335)
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