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Buddhist Rāmāyaṇas

Rama in Buddhism, Buddhist ramayan,
The 2nd-century BCE stone relief carvings on Bharhut stupa, as told in the Daśaratha-Jātaka.

Rāma is a heroic figure in across the Indian traditions. In Vaiṣṇavism & Sikhism , he is Viṣṇu-incarnate in the form of a princely king; in Buddhism, he is a Bodhisattva-incarnate; in Jainism, he is the perfect human being; In Rāma-centric traditions he is Para-Brahman himself; In Śaivism he is Parama-Śaiva. The influence of Rāmāyaṇa goes far beyond the Indian Subcontinent, with almost every South East Asian country having atleast one own version of Rāmāyaṇa( Vessantarajataka, Reamker, Ramakien, Phra Lak Phra Lam, Hikayat Seri Rama etc). There also exists the Khamti Rāmāyaṇa among the Khamti tribe of Asom wherein Rāma is an Avatar of a Bodhisattva who incarnates to punish the demon king Rāvaṇa . The Tai Rāmāyaṇa is another book retelling the divine story in Asom.

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Indian Mythology Jainism Mahakavyas mahakavyas Rama Ramayana

Jaina Rāmāyaṇas

Rāma is a heroic figure in across the Indian traditions. In Vaiṣṇavism & Sikhism , he is Viṣṇu-incarnate in the form of a princely king; in Buddhism, he is a Bodhisattva-incarnate; in Jainism, he is the perfect human being; In Rāma-centric traditions he is Para-Brahman himself; In Śaivism he is Parama-Śaiva. The influence of Rāmāyaṇa goes far beyond the Indian Subcontinent, with almost every South East Asian country having atleast one own version of Rāmāyaṇa( Vessantarajataka, Reamker, Ramakien, Phra Lak Phra Lam, Hikayat Seri Rama etc). There also exists the Khamti Rāmāyaṇa among the Khamti tribe of Asom wherein Rāma is an Avatar of a Bodhisattva who incarnates to punish the demon king Rāvaṇa . The Tai Rāmāyaṇa is another book retelling the divine story in Asom.

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Did Sanjaya do some sort of live telecast in the Mahabharata?

Was the Kurukshetra War narrated as it is shown in the TV serials or calender Art? Read to find out. Did Sanjaya do some sort of live telecast in the Mahabharata?

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Did Indra Rape Ahalyā?

Ahalyā Indrāvalokana is one the most controversial episodes in hindu mythology. So I decided to present some facts from the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa regarding the incident

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Misconceptions about Mahābhārata

The Mahābhārata , the national epic of India and many South East Asian countries, one of the two major Saṃskṛta epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa, is the longest epic poem known and has been described as “the longest poem ever written”. Its longest version consists of over 1,00,000 śloka or over 2,00,000 individual verse lines (each śloka is a couplet), and long prose passages. At about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, or about four times the length of the Rāmāyaṇa. It is the epitome of Indian Literature.