Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Ramayana - 01 - Chapters

The rAmAyaNa consists of the following books:
1. bAla kANDa or Adi kANDa
2. ayodhyA  kANDa
3. aranya kANDa
4. kiShkindhA kANDa
5. sundara kANDa
6 lankA kANDa
7. uttara kANDa

Traditionally Valmiki is believed to be the author of Ramayana. Some scholars opine that books 1 and 4, and parts of book 5 and 6, are may be latter additions/ interpolations.

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