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Ramayana of Valmiki

by Hari Prasad Shastri | 1952 | 527,382 words | ISBN-10: 9333119590 | ISBN-13: 9789333119597

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This Ramayana edition is the English translation of Hari Prasad Shastri and represents a prose rendering of the famous ancient Sanskrit epic traditionally assigned to Valmiki. The story narrates the legend of Rama and Sita and her abduction by Ravana, the king of Lanka. Many more secondary and side-stories are included involving famous characters s...

Book 1 - Bala-kanda

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Chapter 1 - Shri Narada relates to Valmiki the story of Rama
Chapter 2 - Sage Valmiki creates the metrical form for the story
Chapter 3 - The deeds of Rama that will be described in the sacred poem
Chapter 4 - Shri Rama’s sons chant the poem
Chapter 5 - King Dasaratha’s kingdom and capital
Chapter 6 - The city of Ayodhya
Chapter 7 - The administration of the kingdom (Ayodhya)
Chapter 8 - King Dasaratha desires to perform a sacrifice for the birth of a son
Chapter 9 - Sumantra relates a tradition that a son will be born
Chapter 10 - How Rishyasringa was brought to King Lomapada’s court
Chapter 11 - Rishyasringa comes to Ayodhya
Chapter 12 - Rishyasringa agrees to assist in the sacrifice
Chapter 13 - The Sacrifice is commenced
Chapter 14 - The Ceremonies are performed with the appropriate rites
Chapter 15 - Shri Vishnu resolves to incarnate
Chapter 16 - Shri Vishnu decides to incarnate as the four sons of King Dasaratha
Chapter 17 - Celestial beings incarnate as warriors of the monkey tribe
Chapter 18 - King Dasaratha’s sons are born and grow to manhood
Chapter 19 - Vishvamitra’s request
Chapter 20 - Dasaratha’s reluctance
Chapter 21 - Dasaratha acquiesces
Chapter 22 - Ramachandra and Lakshmana set forth with Vishvamitra
Chapter 23 - Ramachandra and Lakshmana reach the hermitage of Kama
Chapter 24 - The dark forest of Taraka
Chapter 25 - Vishvamitra seeks to convince Rama
Chapter 26 - How the Yakshini Taraka was slain
Chapter 27 - Shri Rama is given the celestial weapons
Chapter 28 - Shri Rama is instructed in their use
Chapter 29 - Vishvamitra relates the story of his hermitage
Chapter 30 - Maricha and Suvahu obstruct the sacrifice and are slain by Rama
Chapter 31 - Vishvamitra starts out
Chapter 32 - Vishvamitra tells of his ancestors and the dynasty of King Kusha
Chapter 33 - King Kushanabha’s hundred daughters
Chapter 34 - Gadhi is the father of Vishvamitra
Chapter 35 - The origin of the holy river Ganga
Chapter 36 - The story of the king of Himalayas’ younger daughter Uma
Chapter 37 - The king’s elder daughter, Ganga
Chapter 38 - The story of King Sagara, Shri Rama’s ancestor
Chapter 39 - The horse with which Sagara performs a sacrifice is stolen
Chapter 40 - Sagara’s sons search for the horse
Chapter 41 - Amshuman finds the horse and the ashes of his uncles
Chapter 42 - Bhagiratha performs austerities
Chapter 43 - Lord Shiva lets loose the sacred river
Chapter 44 - King Bhagiratha completes the funeral rites for his ancestors
Chapter 45 - The city of Vishala and the churning of the ocean
Chapter 46 - Diti undergoes severe austerities for the birth of a son
Chapter 47 - The holy sage and the princes arrive at Vishala
Chapter 48 - Gautama’s hermitage
Chapter 49 - Shri Rama liberates Ahalya from Gautama’s curse
Chapter 50 - The place of sacrifice by King Janaka
Chapter 51 - Gautama’s son Shatananda
Chapter 52 - King Vishvamitra visits Shri Vasishtha’s hermitage
Chapter 53 - King Vishvamitra king desires to possess Shabala
Chapter 54 - King Vishvamitra attempts to carry Shabala away by force
Chapter 55 - Shabala creates an army which annihilates Vishvamitra’s forces
Chapter 56 - Shri Vasishtha conquers Vishvamitra
Chapter 57 - Shri Vasishtha refuses to help King Trishanku
Chapter 58 - Vasishtha’s sons curse Trishanku
Chapter 59 - Vishvamitra seeks the help of the sons of Vasishtha and Mahodeva
Chapter 60 - King Trishanku ascends to a specially created heaven
Chapter 61 - King Ambarisha’s sacrificial horse is lost
Chapter 62 - Shunashepha obtains help from Vishvamitra
Chapter 63 - Vishvamitra is proclaimed a Maharishi
Chapter 64 - Indra sends Rambha
Chapter 65 - Vishvamitra performs another thousand years’ austerities
Chapter 66 - King Janaka relates the story of the great bow and the birth of Sita
Chapter 67 - Rama breaks the bow and is given the Princess Sita in marriage
Chapter 68 - King Janaka sends messengers to invite King Dasaratha to the capital
Chapter 69 - King Dasaratha sets out
Chapter 70 - Vishvamitra relates the descent of the dynasty
Chapter 71 - King Janaka gives an account of the succession and his dynasty
Chapter 72 - The marriage of the four sons of King Dasaratha
Chapter 73 - The marriage ceremonies are completed
Chapter 74 - Parasurama appears amidst inauspicious signs
Chapter 75 - Parasurama challenges Rama to combat
Chapter 76 - Parasurama is vanquished and deprived of his glory and power
Chapter 77 - King Dasaratha returns to Ayodhya

Book title: Bala-kanda or Balakanda, also known as Bal-kand or Balkand.

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