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RAMAYANA — The Story of Rama and Sita
Sai Jayamma
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Author's Note
Prologue — The First Poem
Part I — Ayodhya
Chapter 1 — The Kingdom of Ayodhya
Chapter 2 — The Birth of the Four Princes
Chapter 3 — The Sons of Dasharatha
Chapter 4 — The Arrival of Vishvamitra
Chapter 5 — The Forest of the Sages
Chapter 6 — Ahalya
Chapter 7 — The Princess of Mithila
Chapter 8 — Shiva's Bow
Chapter 9 — Four Weddings
Chapter 10 — Parashurama
Part II — The Crown and the Exile
Chapter 11 — The Heir
Chapter 12 — Manthara
Chapter 13 — The Two Promises
Chapter 14 — Rama's Choice
Chapter 15 — Sita's Choice
Chapter 16 — Lakshmana and Urmila
Chapter 17 — Farewell to Ayodhya
Chapter 18 — The Death of a King
Chapter 19 — Bharata
Chapter 20 — The King's Sandals
Part III — The Forest
Chapter 21 — Years in the Forest
Chapter 22 — Panchavati
Chapter 23 — Shurpanakha
Chapter 24 — Ravana
Chapter 25 — The Golden Deer
Chapter 26 — The Abduction of Sita
Chapter 27 — The Search
Part IV — Hanuman
Chapter 28 — The Son of the Wind
Chapter 29 — Sugriva and Vali
Chapter 30 — The Death of Vali
Chapter 31 — Where Is Sita?
Chapter 32 — The Leap
Chapter 33 — Lanka
Chapter 34 — Sita in Ashoka Vatika
Chapter 35 — Rama's Ring
Chapter 36 — Hanuman Burns Lanka
Part V — The War for Lanka
Chapter 37 — The Bridge Across the Ocean
Chapter 38 — The Armies of Lanka
Chapter 39 — Kumbhakarna
Chapter 40 — Indrajit
Chapter 41 — Ravana Without Sons
Chapter 42 — Rama and Ravana
Chapter 43 — Hanuman and the Living Mountain
Chapter 44 — The Death of Ravana
Chapter 45 — After Ravana
Chapter 46 — Sita Before Rama
Chapter 47 — The Road Home
Chapter 48 — Bharata Waits
Chapter 49 — The Return to Ayodhya
Part VI — What the Sages Told
Chapter 50 — The Sages at Ayodhya
Chapter 51 — The Lineage of Lanka
Chapter 52 — Ravana's Birth and Boon
Chapter 53 — Lanka Taken
Chapter 54 — The House of Ravana
Chapter 55 — Kumbhakarna's Sleep
Chapter 56 — Vaishravana's Warning
Chapter 57 — The Taking of Pushpaka
Chapter 58 — Ravana at Kailasa
Chapter 59 — Vedavati
Chapter 60 — Marutta's Sacrifice
Chapter 61 — Anaranya and Yama
Chapter 62 — The Court of Yama
Chapter 63 — The Rod of Time
Chapter 64 — Below the Waters
Chapter 65 — The Women Ravana Took
Chapter 66 — Nikumbhila and Madhu
Chapter 67 — Rambha's Curse
Chapter 68 — Indra Taken
Chapter 69 — The Naming of Indrajit
Chapter 70 — Ravana and Kartavirya
Chapter 71 — Ravana and Vali
Chapter 72 — Hanuman Before the Sun
Chapter 73 — Hanuman's Gifts and Forgetting
Chapter 74 — The Kings Depart
Chapter 75 — Hanuman's Promise
Chapter 76 — Pushpaka Returns
Part VII — The Word and the Exile
Chapter 77 — The Ashoka Grove
Chapter 78 — The City's Words
Chapter 79 — Across the Ganga
Chapter 80 — Valmiki's Welcome
Chapter 81 — The Word Kept
Chapter 82 — The Hermits' Petition
Chapter 83 — Shatrughna's Charge
Chapter 84 — Valmiki's Hearth
Chapter 85 — Lava and Kusha
Part VIII — The Realm and Its Cost
Chapter 86 — Lavana's Power
Chapter 87 — Lavana's Fall
Chapter 88 — Madhura's Founding
Chapter 89 — Shatrughna's Return
Chapter 90 — The Child at the Gate
Chapter 91 — The Counsel of the Ages
Chapter 92 — The King's Search
Chapter 93 — Shambuka
Chapter 94 — Shveta's Hunger
Chapter 95 — Danda's Kingdom
Chapter 96 — Arja and the Dust Storm
Chapter 97 — Bharata's Counsel
Chapter 98 — Vritra and the Horse Sacrifice
Chapter 99 — The Mountain's Change
Chapter 100 — Ila and Budha
Chapter 101 — The Alternating Year
Chapter 102 — Ila Restored
Part IX — The Song and the Ending
Chapter 103 — Preparing the Horse Sacrifice
Chapter 104 — The Great Sacrifice
Chapter 105 — Valmiki's Instruction
Chapter 106 — The First Recital
Chapter 107 — The Summons
Chapter 108 — Valmiki's Witness
Chapter 109 — Sita's Return to Earth
Chapter 110 — The Empty World
Chapter 111 — The Northern Cities
Chapter 112 — Time at the Gate
Chapter 113 — Lakshmana's Path
Chapter 114 — The Great Departure
Epilogue — The Story Continues
A. Who Is Who
B. The Gods of the Ramayana
C. Dharma, Karma, Avatar, and Other Ideas
D. Ravana and Shiva
E. Jaya and Vijaya
F. Hanuman beyond the Ramayana
H. Places of the Ramayana
I. Pronunciation
J. Sources and Notes
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