Ramayana

In religious, common ethics, the terms good and bad is always mentioned, it is something that comes from our actions and also how we treat ourselves. Both good and evil are perceived as part of an antagonistic duality that it must be overcome through achieving. The majority of us are always trying to look for the easy way out, but that is another word for being lazy. And that we should aim at higher levels with the potential that we have. For example, I, or many have possibly experienced: when…

or achieved or done something beyond the normal range of achievement and experience. A hero properly is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself or other than himself. This paper will argue that the epic of Gilgamesh and the Ramayana…

Mythical Elements in R.K.Narayan Man Eater of Malgudi M.Vanisree Dr.G.Mohana Charyulu Associate Professor, Professor Department of English, Department of English, S.V Engineering College for Women, K.L University, Tirupati. Guntur. E-mail: vanisrinivas14@rediffmail.com E-mail: gmcharyulu@kluniversity.in “I want a story to be entertaining, enjoyable and illuminating in some way” R.K.Narayan Rasipuram Krishna Swami Narayan is a versatile writer and…

Oorukaval (2008) translated as The Vigil (2014) by Vasanthi Sankaranarayanan relooks into the story of the Ramayana through the eyes of Angadan, the son of Vali. Joseph narrates the story of a once prosperous land ruined by the political ambition of a powerful few thereby problematizing the justice and valour of Raman, who is hailed as maryada purushottam. In the Kishkindakand in Valmiki’s Ramayana, Ram kills Vali, the ruler of Kishkinda to give the kingdom to Sugriv, his younger brother who…

Hinduism What is religion? Religion is a set of beliefs and experience. There are many religions in the world such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, Shinto, Daoism, and Confucianism. Every religion has own beliefs systems and experiences. It is based on the individuals’ belief and experiences. Hindu religion is not like the other religions, which based on one person. There are 330 million gods in Hindu religion. It is founded by the Aryan…

In an interview with Bill Moyers, Joseph Campbell describes what it means to be a hero and all the requirements it encompasses. A hero to Campbell is someone who dedicates their life to something or someone other than themselves. The moral objective of being a hero, is saving something, whether it be an individual, a group of people, or an idea. He illustrates a picture that the hero performs at least one of two deeds, if not both; physical and spiritual. The physical deed is defined as the hero…

indian religious practices. In Chapter 12 more information about the Hijras is given, “A commonly told story among hijras, which conceptualizes them as a separate, third gender, connects them to the Hindu epic, the Ramayana” (Nanda Chapter 12). The tale references how a King named Ramayana told all the citizens, referring to them as “ladies and gents” to go away. However there were people that were not apart of these categories, the Hijra. They stayed in the same spot for more than a decade and…

Buddhist references and myth have always played an important role in Thawan’s work.According to one of notable works,a series of Ramayana paintings by Thawan,He presents all of characters in his own interpretation.Because of these powerful and impressive buddhist paintings he was held in high esteem. style and media Thawan is the first engraver using a new technique.He used special…

life on their own, watching and learning, while there are others who try to base their life after a person, a role model, who may or may have never even existed in this world. Epic heroes such as Gilgamesh from The Epic of Gilgamesh, Rama from The Ramayana are a couple of figures that encourages…

Sundiata is the last hero that helps reflect the increasing role of women in society across civilizations. Out of the four epics discussed in this paper, it is the chronologically last. In the story, Sundiata’s mother Sogolon exiled him from his home in order to protect him from his father’s first wife Sassouma. Sassouma was spreading misleading information about Sundiata and the rest of his family. According to the story, “Sogolon was a wise mother. She knew everything that Sassouma could do to…