Valmiki Ramayana (two Volumes)
author: Gita Press
edition: 2014, Gita Press, Gorakhpur
pages: 1971
ISBN-10: 8129300303
ISBN-13: 9788129300300
Topic: Ramayana
Ayodhyakanda, chapter 76
This page describes chapter 76 of the Ayodhyakanda (Sanskrit: Ayodhyākāṇḍa) located on page 441 of volume 1 in Valmiki’s Ramayana published by Gita Press. The Ramayana captures the story of Rama as he chases and battles king Ravana who captured Sita and transported her to Lanka. This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
Summary of contents: Removing his father’s dead body from the vessel full of oil and cremating it with the help of articles befitting an emperor, and offering libations of water to the spirit of the deceased on the bank of the Sarayu as enjoined by Vasishtha. Bharata returns to Ayodhya
Original transliteration of Sanskrit words using IAST:
Sarayu: Sarayū
Vasishtha or Vasistha: Vasiṣṭha
Ayodhya: Ayodhyā
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Ayodhyakanda, chapter 76” according to 264 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Ramayana of Valmiki [by Hari Prasad Shastri]
Then the queens, abandoning their vehicles, approached the bank of the river Sarayu and, together with Prince Bharata, the counsellors and ministers, offered libations of water; thereafter, weeping bitterly, they returned to the capital, where for the period of ten days they slept on the bare earth....
Read full contents: Chapter 76 - Prince Bharata commences the performance of the funeral rites
Paraskara-grihya-sutra [by Hermann Oldenberg]
Now the water libations (which are performed for deceased persons). 2. When (a child) that has not reached the age of two years dies, his father and mother become impure. 3. The other (relations) remain pure. 4. (The impurity lasts) through one night or three nights. 5. They bury the body without burning it. 6....
Read full contents: Adhyaya III, Kandika 10
Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
"The Gandharva continued, Beholding him advancing, the illustrious Rishi Vasishtha, endued with great energy, restrained him, O Bharata, by uttering the sound Hum. Sprinkling him again with water sanctified with incantations the Rishi freed the monarch from that terrible curse. For twelve years the monarch had been overwhelmed by the energy of Vasishtha s son like Surya seized by the planet (Rahu) during the season of an eclipse....
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