2. • “the Journey of Rama”
• Written by
Valmiki (400)-
considered as
the first true
poet of India
• Written in a rhymed verse form
called sloka, named for soka,
the Sanskrit word for grief
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3. Valmiki spotted a pair of herons
nesting in a tree, and witnessed the
male heron being shot and killed buy a
hunter.
He was so affected by
the female’s grief that
he cursed the hunter
and decided that sloka
was the perfect
medium for conveying
the story of Rama and
the separation from his wife, Sita
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5. King Dasaratha of Kosalas had four sons
1 2
3 4
Because ignatiusprayed for it to the god Vishnu
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6. Vishnu- Vishnu is
regarded as a major
god in Hinduism and
Indian mythology.
He is thought as the
preserver of the
universe while two
other major Hindu
gods Brahma
and Shiva, are
regarded
respectively, as the
creator and
destroyer of the
universe.
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11. Rama was exiled to the
forest for 14 years at the will
of his stepmother, who
wished her own son to be
heir to the throne instead of
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12. Sita, his wife, and Lakshmana, his
brother were also exiled with him.
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14. Rama and Lakshmana kill demons, including the
sister of Ravana, a powerful demon with 10 heads and
20 arms who rules the island of Lanka
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25. Rumor spread
about the Sita-
that she had
not been
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faithful
26. Sita bore two sons at the
hermitage of Valmiki
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27. and it was Valmiki who took care of them
even when the had returned to Ayodhya.
Rama, doubted, so brought her wife
to his own court
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28. Since her virtue had been in doubt,
she was asked for an object to prove she had
been loyal to the marriage…
Suddenly…
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29. The earth opened and Earth-mother rose up and
speak on behalf of Sita… then, she took her to
the land of the gods. Thus Sita was taken away
from her husband and the people who doubted
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