Namaste, I Am Rāma, and This Is Rāmāyaṇa

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R Ā M Ā Y A Ṇ A
RAMA rāma
BĀLA KĀṆḌA
AYODHYĀ KĀṆḌA
(… in Ayodhya)
MANTHARA mantharā ............................. 11
KAIKEYI kaikeyī ...................................... 12
KAUSALYA kausalyā ................................. 13
SUMANTRA sumantra ............................. 14
GUHA guha ............................................ 15
SHRAVANA KUMARA śravaṇa kumāra ...... 16
SHANTANU śantanu ................................ 17
................................... 18
........................ 19
BHARATA bharata
SHATRUGHNA śatrughna
........................................................ 1
(Section on events of childhood)
DASHARATHA daśaratha ................................ 2
RISHI VASISHTHA ṛṣi vasiṣṭha ....................... 3
RISHI VISHVAMITRA ṛṣi viśvāmitra ............... 4
TATAKA tāṛakā .................................................. 5
SUBAHU subāhu ................................................. 6
AHALYA ahalyā ................................................... 7
JANAKA janaka .................................................. 8
PARASHURAMA paraśurāma
ARAṆYA KĀṆḌA
(… in the forests)
VIRADHA virādha ........................................... 20
SHOORPANAKHA śūrpaṇakhā ...................... 21
KHARA khara .................................................. 22
AKAMPANA akampana .................................. 23
MAREECHA mārīca ....................................... 24
LAKSHMANA lakṣmaṇa ................................ 25
VRIKSHA vṛkṣa .............................................. 26
JATAYU jaṭāyu ................................................. 27
KABANDHA kabandha .................................. 28
SHABARI śabarī .............................................. 29
N A R R A T O R S
Prologue.......... vii
Epilogue * ......... 64
* covers Uttara Kanda
KIṢKINDHĀ KĀṆḌA
(… in Kishkindha)
VALI vāli ........................................................... 30
SUGREEVA sugrīva ........................................... 31
TARA tārā ......................................................... 32
JAMBAVANTA jāmbavanta ............................. 33
SUNDARA KĀṆḌA
(… with beauty)
........................ 10 HANUMAN hanumān ..................................... 34
YUDDHA KĀṆḌA
(… of war)
MAINDA mainda .............................................. 38
SAGARA sāgara ................................................ 39
NALA nala......................................................... 40
SARAMA saramā .............................................. 42
ANGADA aṅgada .............................................. 43
NEELA nīla ........................................................ 44
INDRAJIT indrajit .............................................. 45
TRIJATA trijaṭā ................................................ 46
GARUDA garuḍa .............................................. 47
PRAHASTA prahasta ....................................... 48
MANDODARI mandodarī ............................... 49
KUMBHAKARNA kumbhakarṇa .................... 50
HANUMAN hanumān ...................................... 52
VIBHEESHANA vibhīṣaṇa .............................. 53
SUSHENA suṣeṇa ............................................ 54
MATALI mātali ................................................. 55
RAVANA rāvaṇa .............................................. 56
RISHI AGASTYA ṛṣi agastya ......................... 58
LORD SHIVA śiva ............................................ 59
SEETA sītā ....................................................... 60
MAHARSHI VALMIKI mahaṛṣi vālmīki ........ 62
Do you notice orange-coloured texts with special letters? They are there to help us correctly
pronounce these Sanskrit words. Please refer to the Pronunciation Key on page viii. Aren’t you
excited to learn a few words from the beautiful Sanskrit language? As a bonus, we have included the
complete Aditya Hridaya Stotram from Valmiki Ramayana at the end of the story (pages 67-70).
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