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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...

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Chapter 1 - The Departure of Hanuman
Chapter 2 - Hanuman’s Arrival in Lanka
Chapter 3 - Hanuman enters the City
Chapter 4 - Hanuman observes the City and its Inhabitants
Chapter 5 - Hanuman ranges the City without finding Sita
Chapter 6 - Hanuman explores Ravana’s Palace
Chapter 7 - Description of the Aerial Chariot Pushpaka
Chapter 8 - Further Description of the Aerial Chariot Pushpaka
Chapter 9 - Hanuman searches the Harem
Chapter 10 - Hanuman sees Ravana surrounded by his Wives
Chapter 11 - Description of the Banqueting Hall
Chapter 12 - Hanuman becomes despondent
Chapter 13 - Hanuman’s Dilemma
Chapter 14 - The Ashoka Grove
Chapter 15 - Hanuman sees Sita
Chapter 16 - Hanuman’s Reflections on seeing Sita
Chapter 17 - Description of the Female Titans who guarded Sita
Chapter 18 - Ravana goes to the Ashoka Grove
Chapter 19 - Sita’s Grief
Chapter 20 - Ravana begs Sita to wed him
Chapter 21 - Sita rejects Ravana’s Advances with disdain
Chapter 22 - Ravana’s Threats
Chapter 23 - The Female Titans seek to persuade Sita to wed Ravana
Chapter 24 - Menace of the Female Titans
Chapter 25 - Sita gives way to Despair
Chapter 26 - Sita prophesies the Titan’s Destruction
Chapter 27 - Trijata’s Dream
Chapter 28 - Sita’s Lament
Chapter 29 - Sita observes auspicious Portents
Chapter 30 - Hanuman’s Reflections
Chapter 31 - Hanuman praises Rama
Chapter 32 - Sita sees Hanuman
Chapter 33 - Hanuman’s Converse with the Princess Sita
Chapter 34 - Sita’s Uncertainty on seeing Hanuman
Chapter 35 - Hanuman makes himself known to Sita
Chapter 36 - Sita questions Hanuman
Chapter 37 - Sita refuses to be rescued by Hanuman
Chapter 38 - Sita gives Hanuman her Jewel
Chapter 39 - Hanuman calms Sita’s Fears
Chapter 40 - Hanuman takes leave of Sita
Chapter 41 - Hanuman destroys the Ashoka Grove
Chapter 42 - Hanuman destroys the Kinkaras
Chapter 43 - Hanuman burns the Temple and Monument
Chapter 44 - The Death of Jambumalin
Chapter 45 - Hanuman slays the Sons of Ravana’s Ministers
Chapter 46 - Hanuman annihilates five Generals and their Forces
Chapter 47 - The Death of Aksha
Chapter 48 - Hanuman allows himself to be taken captive by the Titans
Chapter 49 - Hanuman’s astonishment on beholding Ravana
Chapter 50 - Hanuman is questioned by the Titans
Chapter 51 - Hanuman’s words
Chapter 52 - Bibishana pleads for Hanuman
Chapter 53 - Hanuman is led bound through the City
Chapter 54 - Hanuman sets fire to Lanka
Chapter 55 - Hanuman’s Anxiety concerning Sita
Chapter 56 - Hanuman’s takes leave of Sita
Chapter 57 - The Return of Hanuman
Chapter 58 - Hanuman recounts his Experiences
Chapter 59 - Hanuman appeals to the Monkeys to rescue Sita
Chapter 60 - mbavan rejects Angada’s Project
Chapter 61 - The Devastation of Madhuvana
Chapter 62 - The Fight Between Dadhimukha And The Intruders
Chapter 63 - Dadhimukha relates how Madhuvana has been laid waste
Chapter 64 - Sugriva consoles Rama
Chapter 65 - Hanuman tells Rama of his Meeting with Sita
Chapter 66 - Rama’s Grief
Chapter 67 - Hanuman describes his Interview with Sita
Chapter 68 - Hanuman repeats his Words of Consolation to Sita

Book title: Sundara-kanda or Sundarakanda, also known as Sundar-kand or Sundarkand.

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