The Rāmāyana, Volume 1. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam
The Rāmāyana, Volume 1. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam is a mythic fiction and folklore and fairy tales novel by Vālmīki.
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About The Rāmāyana, Volume 1. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam
"The Rāmāyana, Volume 1. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam" by Valmiki is a Sanskrit epic with its earliest portions composed between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE. This ancient Hindu text follows Prince Rama's fourteen-year exile from his kingdom of Ayodhya, accompanied by his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana. Their forest journey leads to Sita's kidnapping by Ravana, king of Lanka, setting in motion a conflict that will test virtue, loyalty, and duty before Rama's eventual return home.
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The Rāmāyana, Volume 1. Bālakāndam and Ayodhyākāndam was written by Vālmīki.
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It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction and Fairy Tales & Folklore.
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