The Rāmāyana, Volume 2. Āranya, Kishkindhā, and Sundara Kāndam
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Aranya Kandam (Forest Book): This section focuses on Rama's exile to the forest along with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana. It narrates their experiences during their 14-year exile, including their encounters with various sages, demons, and mythical creatures. The most notable episode in this section is the abduction of Sita by the demon king Ravana, disguised as a golden deer, which leads to Rama's quest to rescue her.Kishkindha Kandam (Kishkindha Book): This section revolves around Rama's alliance with the monkey king Sugriva and his search for Sita. It introduces the characters of H...
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- Transcriber's Note This book was transcribed from scans of several different copies of the original found at the Internet Archive. The typesetters of the original book represented the letter ā (with a macron above) as â (with circumflex above) when italicized, but this etext uses the macron throughout. Words in italics in this etext were italicized in the original book. I have corrected obvious misspellings but I've left variant spellings alone. Some words and names, like yojana and Garuda, were spelled two different ways in the same text. I have spelled them consistently to avoid confusion.
- ĀRANYA KĀNDAM.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- SECTION IV.
- SECTION V.
- SECTI0N VI.
- SECTION VII.
- SECTION VIII.
- SECTION IX.
- SECTION X.
- SECTION XI.
- SECTION XII.
- SECTION XIII.
- SECTION XIV.
- SECTION XV.
- SECTION XVI.
- SECTION XVII.
- SECTION XVIII.
- SECTION XIX.
- SECTION XX.
- SECTION XXI.
- SECTION XXII.
- SECTION XXIII.
- SECTION XXIV.
- SECTION XXV.
- SECTION XXVI.
- SECTION XXVII.
- SECTION XXVIII.
- SECTION XXIX.
- SECTION XXX.
- SECTION XXXI.
- SECTION XXXII.
- SECTION XXXIII.
- SECTION XXXIV.
- SECTION XXXV.
- SECTION XXXVI.
- SECTION XXXVII.
- SECTION XXXVIII.
- SECTION XXXIX.
- SECTION XL.
- SECTION XLI.
- SECTION XLII.
- SECTION XLIII.
- SECTION XLIV.
- SECTION XLV.
- SECTION XLVI.
- SECTION XLVII.
- SECTION XLVIII.
- SECTION XLIX.
- SECTION L.
- SECTION LI.
- SECTION LII.
- SECTION LIII.
- SECTION LIV.
- SECTION LV.
- SECTION LVI.
- SECTION LVI.
- SECTION LVII.
- SECTION LVIII.
- SECTION LIX.
- SECTION LX.
- SECTION LXI.
- SECTION LXII.
- SECTION LXIII.
- SECTION LXIV.
- SECTION LXV.
- SECTION LXVI.
- SECTION LXVII.
- SECTION LXVIII.
- SECTION LXIX.
- SECTION LXX.
- SECTION LXXI.
- SECTION LXXII.
- SECTION LXXIII.
- SECTION LXXIV.
- SECTION LXXV.
- KISHKINDHĀ KĀNDAM.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- SECTION IV.
- SECTION V.
- SECTION VI.
- SECTION VII.
- SECTION VIII.
- SECTION IX.
- SECTION X.
- SECTION XI.
- SECTION XII.
- SECTION XIII.
- SECTION XIV.
- SECTION XV.
- SECTION XVI.
- SECTION XVII.
- SECTION XVIII.
- SECTION XIX.
- SECTION XX.
- SECTION XXI.
- SECTION XXII.
- SECTION XXIII.
- SECTION XXIV.
- SECTION XXV.
- SECTION XXVI.
- SECTION XXVII.
- SECTION XXVIII.
- SECTION XXIX.
- SECTION XXX.
- SECTION XXXI.
- SECTION XXXII.
- SECTION XXXIII.
- SECTION XXXIV.
- SECTION XXXV.
- SECTION XXXVI.
- SECTION XXXVII.
- SECTION XXXVIII.
- SECTION XXXIX.
- SECTION XL.
- SECTION XLI.
- SECTION XLII.
- SECTION XLIII.
- SECTION XLIV.
- SECTION XLV.
- SECTION XLVI.
- SECTION XLVII.
- SECTION XLVIII.
- SECTION XLIX.
- SECTION L.
- SECTION LI.
- SECTION LII.
- SECTION LIII.
- SECTION LIV.
- SECTION LV.
- SECTION LVI.
- SECTION LVII.
- SECTION LVIII.
- SECTION LIX.
- SECTION LX.
- SECTION LXI.
- SECTION LXII.
- SECTION LXIII.
- SECTION LXIV.
- SECTION LXV.
- SECTION LXVI.
- SECTION LXVII.
- SUNDARA KĀNDAM.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- SECTION IV.
- SECTION V.
- SECTION VI.
- SECTION VII.
- SECTION VIII.
- SECTION IX.
- SECTION X.
- SECTION XI.
- SECTION XII.
- SECTION XIII.
- SECTION XIV.
- SECTION XV.
- SECTION XVI.
- SECTION XVII.
- SECTION XVIII.
- SECTION XIX.
- SECTION XX.
- SECTION XXI.
- SECTION XXII.
- SECTION XXIII.
- SECTION XXIV.
- SECTION XXV.
- SECTION XXVI.
- SECTION XXVII.
- SECTION XXVIII.338
- SECTION XXIX.
- SECTION XXX.
- SECTION XXXI.
- SECTION XXXII.
- SECTION XXXIII.
- SECTION XXXIV.
- SECTION XXXV.
- SECTION XXXVI.
- SECTION XXXVII.
- SECTION XXXVIII.
- SECTION XXXIX.
- SECTION XL.
- SECTION XLI.
- SECTION XLII.
- SECTION XLIII.
- SECTION XLIV.
- SECTION XLV.
- SECTION XLVI.
- SECTION XLVII.
- SECTION XLVIII.
- SECTION XLIX.
- SECTION L.
- SECTION LI.
- SECTION LII.
- SECTION LIII.
- SECTION LIV.
- SECTION LV.
- SECTION LVI.
- SECTION LVII.
- SECTION LVIII.
- SECTION LIX.
- SECTION LX.
- SECTION LXI.
- SECTION LXII.
- SECTION LXIII.
- SECTION LXIV.
- SECTION LXV.
- SECTION LXVI.
- SECTION LXVII.
- SECTION LXVIII.
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