How many people have heard of the mythologies 'Ramayana' and 'Mahabharata' ?
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I've heard about it... Ramayana is a God and he have to save his wife Sita Dewi from evil king of Lanka {forgot name}.....by help from his brother Laxamana, Jentayu and Hanuman he make it through and also defeat Indra...that have many magic....coz' of that Deepavali celebrated...i think so... I've learned it from classic literature
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The image of Mahabharata indicates war, so it is a belief that if you keep it in home there occurs quarrels in the home. So normally people avoid keeping Mahabharata in the houses.
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After the Ramayana war, and after reigning for several years, the time arrived for Rama to depart to his heavenly abode. Many of Rama's entourage, decided to depart with him including vanaras like Sugriva. However, shunning the heavens, Hanuman requested to remain on earth for as long as Rama's name is venerated by people. Sita accorded Hanuman that wish, and granted that his image will be installed at various public places, so he could listen to people chanting Rama's name. He is thus one of the chiranjeevis (immortals) in Hinduism.\n\nThus Hanuman is considered to be alive even today. This is also reflected in the Mahabharata, when Bhima, who believed himself to be the strongest, encounters an old monkey whose tail he attempts to lift in vain. This incident is considered an effort by Hanuman to control the ego of Bhima, who is a younger brother to him, being also sired by Vayu.\n\nEager to be of service to another avatar of Lord Vishnu, Hanuman attached himself to the flag of Arjuna's chariot, whose charioteer in the Mahabharatha war was Krishna. He thus had the fortune of hearing the Gita as recited by Sri Krishna himself, the only other people having the opportunity being Arjuna, Sanjaya and Dhritarashtra.
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have u heard bout the KAMASUTRA? just read it once n u ll know everything about it!!
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Ramayana in 7453 BC and Mahabaratha in 5343 BC
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I've read the Bible all the way through at least 2 times, and I've studied it in other sections plenty more than that.\nI've read the Qur'an once.\nI've read the Bhagavad Gita probably twice, and I continue to read it regularly.  \nI've read the Tao Te Ching twice, in 2 different versions.  \nThe Dhammapada once.  \n\nI've read portions of the Rig Veda, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Baha'i writings, and others.\n\nMy religion is Hinduism.
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yes i have heard the story and i'm british. but all these tales are myths that appear in all ages of man. currently this tales is repeated in mexico, south texas and arizona the aztecs had versions of it and hernandes cortes had heard of it. in spain there are versions of it and malaysia has similar tales.
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Bhāsa [2nd century CE] is the first Indian playwright to potray the negative characters, depicted in the Samskrüt epics, with great sympathy. He takes a lot of liberties with the story to achieve this.  \n...In Bhāsa's Pratima-nataka, Kaikeyi who was responsible for the tragic events in the Ramayana is shown as enduring the calumny of all, so that a far nobler end is achieved.
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Ramayan? What's ramayan? Did u mean, ramayana?? If it's ramayana... emm.. it false. Only a story in my country..
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Valmiki\n\nfrom wiki -\nThe Ramayan is ascribed to a single author, Valmiki. Its exact date of creation is unknown, and is estimated to lie between the 4th and 2nd century B.C.E. "The Cultural Heritage of India", Vol. IV, "The Religions", The Ramakrishna Mission, Institute of Culture, says: "The first and the last Books of the Ramayan are later additions. The bulk, consisting of Books II--VI, represents Rama as an ideal hero. In Books I and VII, however Rama is made an avatara or incarnation of Vishnu, and the epic poem is transformed into a Vaishnav text. The reference to the Greeks, Parthians, and Sakas show that these Books cannot be earlier than the second century B.C.E..."
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Ravi shanker - sitar artist.\nRukmini Arundel - dancer\nRavana - Abducted Sita in Ramayana\nRama - Hero of epic Ramayana\nRonald Regan - ex. President of US\nRasputin - Russian Monk\nRajanikanth - superstar of Indian Cinema\nRajaji - Rajagopalachary - Great intelect of india\nRaman C.V. - Nobel Prize winner\nRahul Dravid - Cptain Indian Cricket team\nRabindranath Tagore - Indian poet.\nRobinson Crueso\nRockfellor\nRomeo (of Romeo and Juliet)\nReginold\nRihana - singer (spelling ?!)\nRemus and Romulus\nRebecca\n\nand there are many more famous personalities starting with R.
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I agree, but apparently most people have never read any of these texts that your talking about.  When you bring it up they will answer with "all cultures had similar stories".  I don't understand if they ever read the stories and saw that they are from what they call Pagan religions with multiply gods and how the same story is written in Genesis and is uncannily similar from the story plot, the sequence of events and even the language how they could deny that the bible was taken from them and changed to one god.\n\nScience has clearly dated these documents and the bible and the other texts are clearly more ancient by many centuries.  But apparently they are afraid that if they read them their belief system will be shattered and that thought may be unbearable to most people.
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Its commonly known that Veda Vyas wrote Maha Baharatha. But as per hindu mythology, Lord Ganesha wrote the epic with his tusk, while Veda Vyas recited the story.
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there are and have been thousands \n,if you count all the primitive religions as well.\neach one is totally real to its followers\n\nthe primitive religions were probably more real ,because they happened ,with out the intervention of scheming political bookwriting priests.\nthey came from peoples inner fears and wonder
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My dear get your Mytho right.\nLord Purushottama Rama has no proven historical existence. He lives i our hearts. He was created by various folklores and original allegory is credited to Hrishi Valmiqui.\nAny ways His story has endured millenia and will endure few more of them as it embibes ideal characters of Son, Man, Husband, King, Father, Friend, Guru and God.\nRama's story or Rama-yana strives to instill the same value among its readers that He Possessed.\nSome of the behaviour may be outdated in the line of borrowed wisdom from Muslim-Anglo-Sino bastardification or transmogification (tech term) of indo-Aryan school of thought.\nRamayana has endured these slights through the ages by modifying itself through the times and evolving the tale with the teller/reteller/listener. On can see marked variations in versions rendered by Valmiqui, Tulsidas, Haridas, Kadamb, Kruttiwas, Indonesian, Malay, Java and ceylonese.\nRama was a Purushottama and that is not subject to vetting from every Tom, Dick and Harry. His actions were considered according to "Dharma" or the way of life at the time the original story was firmed up (which obviously was pre-medeival). Today's morals and rules do not apply to it. As we write these lines new Ramayanas are being written. (Have u seen Japanese animated version) which apply to modern times but may be rejected in future. That is how beliefs and religion progress\nComing back to your question:\n1. Rama did not go for vanavasa of 12 years and Adnyatavas of one year there after to fulfill the promise given by his father to his step mother, that was in Mahabharata. \nRather he went for 14 years of Vanvasa to prove that His fathers wrong words are also as valueable to Him as right words.\n\n2.This is wrong that "After returning from the ordeal a garment washer murmurs about the purity of Sita and Ram discards her and she takes penance by jumping in fire and comes out of it as she is pure"\nAfter defeating Ravana-the evil Rama was expected to hug sita nd accept her, but he did'nt do so. This was written to give message to society that a woman if she spents time in other man's house should not be accepted back unconditionally (wait do not shout retrograde lemme finish)\nAt the time of writing of Ramayan Woman's dignity was big deal, then ladies did'nt stay out in Karol baugh, peddar road night clubs binging on booze or coke and came back to breakfast while their Husbands/Parents/In-laws accepting it meekly or joining her in the same sleaze-fest. \nThis message for society was to say that womenfolk once strayed must not be accepted without sound explanation or proof. that may be backward in post-feminism era but thats the way it was.\n3. That point about "Rama's rajya was ancestral property and not self earned by his father so Rama's father has no right to give it to anyone he likes" is totally way off mark. There was no questions of right or claim. If you have not noticed Ramayana is guided by duty not right. Dad's word was order from heaven. This phenomena is still there in rural india.I myself have seen it in my childhood when elders(MY DAD) obeyed their elders like God. We being "Modern" judge audaciously everything. maybe we are right may be they were right but that the way it was then\n\n\nIt is getting late I'll put in rest of the answer later
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In some writings, it's called "Krishna ki Patrani" (Krishna's Queen). It's also called "Bansuri".
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I love mythology. Indian or western. Read many of them. Do you want to  disscuss it  ?