Rama+Yana=Ramayana
Ramayana simply means Ram's journey i.e Ram's progress in life ( in search of human's value). Ram is considered as the most charismatic personality of Indian epics and loved by all. He is a burning example of selflessness. One can learn many things in every parts of his life.
So he was Valmiki who wrote the epic Ramayana to penned down the values of Ram in his Valmiki Ramayana. The original text contains 24000 hymns on Ram's life. Alongwith time other writers also wrote their version of Ramayana through their own personal experiences and understanding.
One can find diversities among the various Ramayanas which were written by different enlightened persons in different times from different places.But the interisting point is that the theme is same with different interpretations.
Here are some types of Ramayana as,
1. Valmiki Ramayana- considered as the original Ramayana and contains 24000 hymns.
2.Ramcharitmanas- by Santh Goswami Tulsidas Maharaj. The most loveable and popular text on Ram's life.
3.kamba Ramayana- It was written by kamban in Tamil language. He wrote this book from Sita's prospective.
4.Bhabartha Ramayana- Originally written by Swami Eknath maharaj in Marathi language.
5. Tatwartha Ramayana- it's well in depth analysis Of both Valmiki and Tulsidas Ramayan by Dongreji Maharaj.
6.yoga vashistha Ramayan- Though It was the part of Ram's life but not found in other books in details. But this book specially focus on Ram's questions to his Guru Vashistha and their conversations.
7.Vichitra Ramayana- by Viswanath khuntia in odia also called Vishi Ramayana.
8.Anand Ramayana- Also written by Valmiki .
9.Dandi Ramayana- written by Balaram Das in 15th century in odia.Also called Jagomahan Ramayana.
10. Bilanka Ramayana- by Sarla Das and main focused on the war between Lord Rama and the demon king Ravana.
So it is said,
Hari Anant Hari Katha Ananta ,
Kahahi Sunahi Bahu Bidhi Saba Santa i.e
Hari is infinite and his kathas are endless which are penned by many saints in different times.
Fortunately we are now living jn such an age that all this texts are now available for reading in Market .
Let's go and collect those valuable Ram katha which are written by our ancestors and only for us.
Lastly if you know any new version of Ramayana kindly share the name in the comment section.
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