Ramayan is perhaps the oldest and most popular Indian epic. It is hard to find an Indian who isn't aware of it, and the masses have been learning it in form of tales for centuries. IMHO, Ramayan is still considered as solely a source of spiritual knowledge and worshipping value rather than one of most … Continue reading Ramayan: A Historical Perspective
रामदासांची हनुमानगाथा हनुमानास नुसते वेशीवर न ठेवता मराठी जनमानसात स्थापण्याचे काम केले ते समर्थांनी(रामदास). मारुतीस्तोत्र, मारुतीची आरती(इतर अनेक देवतांच्या लोकप्रिय आरत्या समर्थांनी रचल्या) अनेक शतके महाराष्ट्रात घरोघरी मुखोद्गत आहेत.समर्थांच्या अफाट वाङ्मयात हनुमानाचे वर्णन अनेक ठिकाणी आढळते. ते एका संकेतस्थळावर असावेत ही इच्छा. जय जय रघुवीर समर्थ! स्तोत्र पाचवे अंजनीसुत प्रचंड | वज्र पुच्छ काळदंड |शक्ती … Continue reading मारुती स्तोत्रे: भाग-३
How Ravan abducted Sita(Hindi: सीता), and treated her till the end of the war, demands, and deserves a separate post. This post focuses on Ravan's behaviour with some other women. Below are some mentions(in Valmiki Ramayan) of Ravan's behaviour with the women: Vedavati(Hindi: वेदवती) While sauntering in Himalayan woods, Ravan spotted a tapaswini(Hindi: तपस्विनी. English: … Continue reading Ravan’s behaviour with women: Part-1
Orientation Preface Reading, analyzing History isn't enough, drawing inferences, establishing morals and acting accordingly is crucial.This is a bit inferential post but based entirely on the texts in Valmiki Ramayan. Context Ram, Lakshman, Hanuman, Sugreev(Hindi: सुग्रीव), Angad(Hindi: अंगद), Jambavan(Hindi: जांबवान), Nal(Hindi: नल), Neel(Hindi: नील) and the armies of Vanaras(Hindi: वानर) and Richh(Hindi: रीछ) had reached … Continue reading Why Hanuman favoured Vibhishan’s defection?
Orientation Context While the popular culture incessantly portrays Hanuman as Ram's 'das'(Hindi: दास), the latter himself considered the former as a friend and a saviour. Maybe, during the span between his first meeting with Hanuman and his returning to Ayodhya, Ram didn't get enough, and appropriate, time to know more about Hanuman and the other … Continue reading “Why Hanuman didn’t crush Vali???”
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