CONTENTS

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BALA KANDAM
KAMBAN'S PREFACE 3
1. THE RIVER 4
2. THE COUNTRY 6
3. THE CITY OF AYODHYA 12
4. EMPEROR DASARATHA 18
5. INCARNATION 20
6. HANDING OVER RAMA ANDLAKSHMANA 29
7. THE SLAYING OF TATAKAI 30
8. THE YAGA 34
9. AHALYA 39
10. THE CITY OF MITHILA 41
11. RAMA'S ANCESTRY 50
12. THE BOW 53
13. DASARATHA LEAVES FOR MITHILA 59
14. CHANDRASAILA 65
15. THE MOUNTAIN 66
16. PLUCKING FLOWERS 68
17. SPORTING IN THE WATERS 70
18. FESTIVITY 71
19. WELCOMING DASARATHA 73
20. THE PROCESSION 76
21. THE GRACEFUL SEETA 79
22. THE WEDDING 84
23. PARASURAMA 92
AYODHYA KANDAM
1. DASARATHA CONFERS WITH HIS MINISTERS 99
2. MANTARAI'S MACHINATIONS 105
3. THE EVIL DESIGNS OF KAIKEYI 111
4. LEAVING THE CITY 121
5. DASARATHA'S BODY EMBALMED 140
6. MOTHER GANGA 147
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149
7. GUHAN
ENTERING THE FOREST 153
8.
CITRAKOOTAM 156
9
DASARATHA CREMATED 160
10
ONWARD JOURNEY 170
11
12. CROSSING THE GANGA 175
13 THE CORONATION OF RAMA'S SANDALS 180

ARANYA KANDAM
1 THE KILLING OF VIRADHA 193
2. SAGE SARABHANGA 196
3 SAGE AGASTYA 199
4 JATAYU 202
5. SOORPANAKHA 205
ft THE SLAYING OF KHARA 214
7 SOORPANAKHA'S EVIL DESIGNS 224
H. MAR1CA SLAIN 235
* HAVANA'S TREACHERY 242
10 JATAYU'S DEATH 248
11 AYOMUKHI 258
12 KAVANDHA 264
13 SABARI 268
KISHKINDA KANDAM
l LAKE PAMPAI 271
2 HANUMAN 274
3 SEEKING SUGREEVA'S FRIENDSHIP 276
4 THE SEVEN TREES 282
8 DUNDUBHI 283
ft THE SIGHT OF SEETA'S JEWELS 284
7 THE SLAYING OF VALI 286
8 STATECRAFT
300
<f THE RAINY SEASON
302
10 KISHKINDA
311
u. VIEWING THE VANARA ARMY
321
12 THE SEARCH
323
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13. ENTERING A CAVERN 328

14. ONWARD JOURNEY 332
15. SAMPATI 334
16. THE MAHENDRA MOUNTAIN 338
SU N D A R A KANDAM
1. CROSSING THE SEA 343
2. HANUMAN EXPLORES LANKA 349
3. SEETA SEEN 366
4. RAVANA CHASTISED 372
5. HANUMAN REVEALS HIMSELF 379
6. CHOODAMANI 388
7. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ASOKA GROVE 394
8. THE SLAYING OF THE KINKARAS 398
9. THE SLAYING OF JAMBUMALI 402
10. THE SLAYING OF THE FIVE CHIEFS 406
11. THE SLAYING OF-AKSHAKUMARAN 410
12. HANUMAN BOUND 414
13. THE SEVERING OF THE ROPES 417
14. THE BURNING OF LANKA 426
15. WORSHIPPING THE SACRED FEET 430
YU D D H A KANDAM
1. THE SIGHT OF THE SEA 437
2. RAVANA CONFERS WITH HIS MINISTERS 438
3. THE SLAYING OF HIRANYAN 446
4. V1BHEESHANA TAKES REFUGE 461
5. INFORMATION ABOUT LANKA 473
6. SEEKING PASSAGE FROM VARUNA 479
7. BUILDING THE SETU 485
8. QUESTIONING THE SPIES 489
9. SEEING LANKA 495
10. RAVANA VIEWS THE VANARA ARMY 497
11. TOPPLING THE CROWNS 499
12. BATTLE LINES DRAWN 503
13. ANGADA AS ENVOY 506
THE FIRST DAY'S FIGHT 509
KUMBHAKARNA 526
THE MAYA JANAKA 553
THE SLAYING OF ATIKAYAN 561
THE SERPENT NOOSE 579
THE SLAYING OF THE ARMY COMMANDERS 603
THE SLAYING OF MAKARAKANNAN 609
BRAHMASTRAM 612
SEETA SEES THE BATTLEFIELD 628
MOUNTAIN OF MEDICINAL HERBS 631
JUBILATION 639
MAYA SEETA 640
YAGA AT NIKUMBALAI 647
THE SLAYING OF INDRAJIT 661
RAVANA'S GRIEF 667
SURVEYING THE ARMY 671
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CORE ARMY 676
A VEL BORNE 690
THE VANARAS SEE THE FRONT 694
RAVANA VISITS THE FRONT 696
RAVANA BOARDS HIS CHARIOT 698
RAMA BOARDS THE CHARIOT 700
THE SLAYING OF RAVANA 702
LIBERATION AND RETURN 719
THE CORONATION 745
BIDDING FAREWELL 749
THE RAMAYANA IN INblAN LANGUAGES 753
THE RAMAYANA IN OTHER ASIAN LANGUAGES 757
THE RAMAYANA IN ENGLISH
(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Publications) 758
fiSIi(Y J AM
(Published in ^YANA
India) RELATED STUDIES
760
SUBJECT INDEX
773