Ramayana

A hero represents the best of what it takes to demonstrate great strength, courage, wisdom, cleverness, and devotion. Rama has all of these qualities. Rama's father Dasharatha, himself the king, was forced under oath by one of his three wives Kaikeyi, to isolate Rama to the forest for fourteen years, and to crown her son instead. Not the slightest sign of disappointment Rama said, “I shall go, and I myself will gladly give away my brother Bharata the kingdom, wealth, Sita and even my own life…

In these three Hindu tales, I noticed that they were less about the creation of the world and more about the gods and where they came from. For example, in “How Ganesh got his Elephant’s Head” and “Hanuman, the Greatest” the stories were mainly about the activities the gods did and how they became the way they are now. In “Hanuman, the Greatest”, the monkey god, Hanuman meets the two sons of King Desaratha and finds out that one of the sons (Prince Rama) cannot find his wife, Sita. Hanuman asks…

Mata is a man of redemption, an agile swordsman who wields the power of the storm itself to devastate his enemies. However this once honoured champion has been dishonoured by a false accusation and forced to delve in to a desperate fight for survival. With the world steadfastly against him, he will do everything in his power to bring the guilty to justice and restore his honour. Once a devoted and gifted student at a renowned sword arts organisation, Mata was the only student in a generation to…

recording even in our present day. Upon carefully analysing the History of our past and present we realise that man has experienced cultural crisis, dislocation, displacement and dispossession. When we turn a few pages of Indian legendary epics,The Ramayana and The Mahabharata, we are astonished to observe that most of the great heroes were forced to live in exile; however, they successfully created or formed their…

After reviewing the difference and similarities between eastern and western literature in The Odyssey, Beowulf, Confucius, Gilgamesh, and Ramayana. they are quite similar, some things that could be put to comparison would be gender, politics/government, and the afterlife. The Odyssey is considered Occidental literature, as well as Beowulf and Confucius. Gender is a big part of both Occidental and Oriental Literature. Men always play a superior figure in the literature because men have always…

The epic Ramayana was written by Valmiki around 1000 B.C.E. The epic was written in India where Valmiki is struck with inspiration; he later pairs Ramayana and sloka (grief) to make a greater story. In an epic battle where forces of evil kidnap the noble prince Rama’s wife Sita. Subsequently, a bloody battle between two interesting characters with allies in both parties initiates where at the end only one will keep standing. Rama and Vibishina provide codes to live by in one’s society; Ravana…

INJUSTICE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE RAMAYANA INTRODUCTION: Woman had a secondary role in the society. She is dominated by her husband and also she act as a servant of her own husband. Male child preference , matrimonial life and the ruling system shows the position of women in the society. A women after marriage should led a life with her husband’s parents by leaving her parents who was with…

The Ramayana There are many differences which separate The Ramayana and Gilgamesh apart from one another. The most significant being the heroes of the epics themselves. Although Rama and Gilgamesh both possess incredible strength, intelligence, and perseverance, their beginnings, ideologies and goals are what set them apart from one another. Rama, throughout the epic is a character who, unlike Gilgamesh, is beloved among everyone. Gilgamesh starts off as a tyrannical ruler who was known to…

world. With the rise of different psycho analytic theories, feminist theories, cultural theories etc, writers began to explicate and refurbish the various epic characters. This brought about new and new retellings of the epics. The Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata always allured the writers because of the complex characters and the various issues discussed in these epics. These peculiarities gave rise to fresh interpretations of the epic stories and characters. Among the two epics,…

The time has changed a lot since Valmiki wrote the great epic Ramayana. The roles, responsibilities and values for people’s and personal lives have faced a massive change. The mentality of people completely changed. This change of mentality has also affected a married life, the big and one of the most important aspects in India. It was important in the period of Ramayana. It is important now. So what is the factor that brought the topic of marriage here? Because, if there is something in…