Ramayana, Part B
circa 1700
(Victoria and Albert Museum)
Reading Notes
Page 6: Tales 51-60
- Kings wants Rama to succeed him
- Worried Rama would renounce the world
- Kaikeyi turned Dashratha against Rama
- Rama is exiled
- Bharata will become king
- Rama did not protest exile
- Lakshmana went with him
- Goddess of sleep appeared
- Dasharatha feels grief for Rama
- Can't leave his bed
- King died
- Bharata and Shatrughna didn't know what happened
- They learn about Rama's exile
- Bhrata and Shatrughna go to find Rama
- Bhrata wants Rama to return
- Returns with Rama's golden sandals
Page 7: Tales 61-70
- Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit Sharabhanga
- Sharabhanga told them where to go on their journey
- He rose to heaven
- Sita is carried away
- Slashed off Viradha's arms with swords
- Mandakarni was besotted
- Rama visits Agastya
- Agastya gives Rama weapons
- Kakshmana tries to strike boar but missed
- Indra appeared
- Sita mets Anasuya, wife of Atri
- Sita receives gifts
Page 8: Tales 71-80
- Lakshmana tempted by a beautiful apsara sent by Indra
- Eagel: Jatayu
- Tells of their father's death
- Shurpankha wants to marry Rama but he refused
- Lakshmana sliced off her ears and nose
- Khara and Dushana attack
- Ravana is informed of what happened
- Maricha is needed to kidnap Sita
- Turns into golden deer
- Sita tells Rama to capture it
- Sita is left alone
- Jatayu fights Ravana
- Sita drops jewelry to leave a trail
Page 9: Tales 81-90
- Ravana tricked Jatayu
- Ravana brought Sita to Lanka
- Deer used Rama's voice
- Jatayu died
- Gooses got a long neck from Rama grabbing it
- Looking for Sita
- Lake Pampa: Shabari dwells here
- Kabandha: monster, head was in stomach
- Sugriva fled to Rishyamuka Hill
Page 10: Tales 91-100
- Anjana: Hanuman's mother
- Wanted a mango, bit into the sun
- Fell and broke his jaw: Hanuman (Big-Jaw)
- Brahma came to heal Hanuman
- Indra gave him thunderbolts as protection
- Hanuman grows up to be a monkey
- Hanuman asks Surya to be his guru
- Vali: King of Kishkindha
- Vail smashed Dundhubi into ground
- Matanga curses Vali
- Mayavi wanted to avange his father
- Vali fought with Mayavi
- Vali tried to kill Sugriva Sugriva fled to Rishyamukha Hill
- Hanuman joined Sugriva in exile
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Your notes are very well organized and easy to follow. I like how everything is sectioned off. This makes it easy to understand how the stories are progressing. Your notes are very detailed.
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