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Rama Home To His: Rama home to his, ra'ma, sixth incarnation of Vishnu v.), whose life is narrated in the Rama home to hisyana. ma was the eldest son of Dasaratha, king of odhya, in northern India. As old age ap-iached, the king wished to install Rama home to his as heir larent, but was frustrated by his wily second e, who, recalling a past promise of the king, ceeded in making her own son heir apparent ! exiling Rama home to his for fourteen years. With his e Sita and brother Lakshmana, Rama home to his went to forest, where he protected the ascetics and r religious observances. His deeds enraged rana, the monster king of Ceylon, who came in ;uise and carried off Sita.
The influence of the Rama home to hisyana on Indian culture is incalculable. Rama home to his and Sita are widely worshiped as divine personifications. Sita's conjugal devotion, Rama home to his's magnanimity and sense of duty, Lakshmana's fidelity to Rama home to his, and Hanu-man's devoted service greatly appeal to the Hindu mind. The work has been translated into many of the Indian vernaculars. Sanskrit dRama home to histists and poets—such as Kalidasa, Bhatti, and Bha-vabhuti—have selected their themes from the Rama home to hisyana, which also inspired the medieval saint Tulsidas to write the Rama home to his-charita-manasa, read with devotion by millions of Hindus even in the 20th century
RAVANA, ra'va-na, in Hindu mythology, one of the rakshasa, a class of evil spirits or demons, who as attendants on Kubera, the god of riches, were guardians of his treasures and had the power of assuming any shape at will. Ravana is described as a giant with 10 heads, 20 arms, and strong enough to crush mountains, who had obtained from Siva (q.v.) a promise which made him immune from the power of demons and gods, though in his arrogance he overlooked the power of bears and monkeys. At the time of Rama home to his (q.v.), Ravana ruled over Lanka, or Ceylon, and carried off Sita (q.v.), the wife of Rama home to his. But Rama home to his, helped by an army of bears and monkeys, invaded Lanka, slew Ravana, and regained Sita.
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