Posted by admin on 15th April 2008

The Ramayana

The Ramayana by Valmiki

As condensed and retold by the students of Religious Studies 3100 [a seminar course on the Ramayana] in the Spring of 2006, and based on a version by Krishna Menon [which itself is based on other translations and retellings of Valmiki’s epic].

On Transliteration: Sanskrit words have mostly been transliterated (i.e., spelled in Roman script) according to standard scholarly convention, but without their diacritic marks.

Book One: Bala Kanda (Boyhood Book) The Beginning

Book Two: Ayodhya Kanda (Ayodhya Book) (Part 1) In Ayodhya

Book Two: Ayodhya Kanda (Ayodhya Book) (Part 2) In Ayodhya

Book Three: Aranya Kanda (Forest Book) In The Forest

Book Four: Kiskindha Kanda (Kiskindha Book) In Kiskindha

Book Five: Sundara Kanda (Beautiful Book) Hanuman’s Adventure

Book Six: Yuddha Kanda (War Book) War Book

Book Seven: Uttara Kanda (Final Book) (Part 1) The Book of the North

Book Seven: Uttara Kanda (Final Book) (Part 2) Book of the North