Reading Notes - Part A - Tiny Tales
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Page 1 1-10
-Dashagriva is Ravanas real name -Dashagriva’s parents we Vishrava and Kaikasi -Dashagriva was born with ten heads and ten pairs of arms -Dashagriva had 3 siblings -Dashagriva became immortal after Brahma granted him immortality -Dashagriva's brothers Vibhishana and Kumbhakarna also prayed for boons. -Vibhishana was granted his wish but Kumbhakarna was not because he was a giant and feared. -Dashagriva got the name Ravana from Shiva after screaming under the mountain -After this Ravana became a devoted servant for Shiva -Shiva granted Ravana a beautiful woman named Mandodari -Ravana and Mandodari had a son named Meghanada -Ravana’s father then had another son named Vaishravana and he became the guardian of the world. -Ravana claimed the city of Lanka back
Page 2 11-20
-Ravana went and defeated Yama, the God of Death.
-After this, the Gods disguised themselves as animals to hide from Ravana
-Ravana moved onto the Himalayas to defeat Kubera and then he returned triumphantly
-Ravana got into trouble in the woods and was cursed and promised to be destroyed
-Ravana then went to fight the monkey king (Vali) but ended up becoming his ally.
Page 3 21-30
-Vibhandaka finally got a son (Rishyashringa) that was to be kept hidden
-Rishyashringa defied his orders and left isolation to find a woman and have a son
-King Dasharatha got a son after Rishyashringa conducted his ritual
-Rama was born
-Rama revealed his true cosmic form
-Dasharatha was saved in battle and promised Kaikayi two boons
-Dasharatha was cursed for killing a son in the woods
-Tataka defiled sacrifices and it was up to Rama to kill her now
Page 4 31-40
-Rama was given many weapons to prepare
-Rama then kills Tataka from an arrow to the heart
-Rama then went on to face Tataka’s sons
-Their journey still continued and the sons still were in trouble
-Sita has many origin stories, all very different, so whichever one you believe can change how you view other people.
Page 5 41-50
-King Janarkamade sure Sita knew how to cook
-Sita lifted the impossible bow and that was her new marriage test, whoever else could lift it.
-Ravana came to try and lift the bow but was unsuccessful and stormed out of Janarkas court
-Rama fell in love with Sita and was able to finally lift the bow but ended up breaking up
- Ramas three brothers married Sita's three sisters since he was able to lift this bow
- Sita and Rama then lived together
Bibliography
TinyTales from the Ramayana, Laura Gibbs. https://sites.google.com/view/tinyramayana/home
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