Ramayana

Ancient cultures and the mythological texts originating from them have prominent basis on gender roles. Throughout The Ramayana by Valmiki and The Creation of the Universe and Human Beings by Lui An evident gender roles set for men and women remain consistent. Research about the Hindu faith and the goddesses they worship clearifies the Ancient Indian values Valmiki’s The Ramayana symbolizes. Throughout The Creation of the Universe and Human Beings and research regarding the Yin and Yang a…

Winston Smith from 1984 by George Orwell. The trait that we both share is individualism. I also share the same character trait as Rama from “The Ramayana” by Valmiki. The trait that I share with Rama is strategic. My personal code focuses on individualistic and strategic. I feel that I am similar to the character Winston Smith from 1984, and Rama from “The Ramayana”. One…

Name : Amjad Ali Ansari Roll No : 15-F-359 Code : 0402115 Section : MFM II Topic : Ramana Dayaram Shetty vs The International Airport Authority of India and Ors. Background In this case, International Airport Authority of Bombay issued a notice on 3rd January 1977 for inviting tenders for putting up and running a 2nd class restaurant and two snack bars at the Airport. The notice stated…

earliest forms of puppet dancing, going back to the year 800. The origin of the Wayang Kulit comes from Indonesia, although there have been arguments that it also could have come from China. This style of theater is based on the "Ramayana" and the "Mahabharata". The Ramayana is a story where a prince Rama tries to rescue his wife from an evil king and The Mahabharata is a story of two different families fighting for a throne which results in war. The plays often represent a fight between the…

to establish peace and prosperity in the region what we know today as Sri Lanka. 3.4 A BRIEF NOTE ON KAIKEYI Kaikeyi was one of the three queen wives of Dasaratha and was referred as ‘younger mother’ by Rama in Ayodhya Kaanda, the second book of Ramayana. She was the mother of Bharata, the one who devoted his life to his elder brother, Rama. While Bharata was away in Kaikeya, to visit his maternal grandfather, Kaikeyi, instigated by Manthara, her maidservant, and taking advantage of being…

Hindus have confidence in rebirth. The essential conviction is that a man's destiny is resolved by his deeds. These deeds in Hinduism are called 'Karma'. A spirit who does great Karma in this life will be granted with a superior life in the following incarnation. Souls who do terrible Karma will be rebuffed for their wrongdoings, if not in this incarnation then in the following incarnation and will keep on being conceived in this world over and over. The great souls will be freed from the hover…

other names such as Vasiṣṭha Ramayana. The short version of the text is called Laghu Yoga Vasishta, wherein Laghu means "short or small" and contains 6000 verses. The exact century of its completion is unknown, but has been estimated to be somewhere between 6th-century to as late as 14th-century, but it is likely that a version of the text existed in the 1st millennium. The…

Why are the Epics effective means of transmitting dharmic values? The Ramayana and Mahabharata Epics are literature devised in a time period when Hindus needed guidance. The Epics provided a source of conduct for humans that followed dharmic values. Dharma is the cosmic order of the way things should be done. Dharma is a person’s duty in life to follow and it is often in conflict with karma. The Epics were written in a manner that illustrated the social groups’ interests of that time (Rodrigues,…

Hinduism characterize and preserve the history of their respective religions. A particularly compelling Hindu text is the Ramayana, which is unquestionably one of the greatest triumphs of Hindu literature and the source of much spiritual devotion and cultural inspiration in much of South and Southeast Asia. Though incomparable to the broad and far-reaching effects that the Ramayana has had on Hindu culture, the Torah’s account through the nevi’im of the Rape of Tamar closely parallels the Rape…

rather than on peasants, farmers or commoners. Mahabharata, written by Ved Vyasa and the Ramayana written by Valmiki are the oldest and longest forms of Indian epic…