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Extra Credit Reading Notes: Ramayana Part A


The Wedding of Rama and Sita; illustration from Nine Ideal Indian Women (1919)


Rama and SitaBibliography
Stories used: Sita, King Janaka, Rama Wins Sita, Rama and Sita's Wedding
Sources: The Divine Archer by F. J. Gould and Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie, Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India, condensed into English verse by Romesh Dutt

Main Characters:
  Sita
     -avatar of the goddess Lakshmi (Vishnu's consort)
     -Daughter of King Janaka
  Rama
     -avatar of god Vishnu
     -darker skin toned
     -Son of Dasharatha
Sub-Characters
  Lakshmana
     -Rama's brother
  King Janaka
     -Ruler of Mithila
  Vishwamitra

Storyline Details
  1. The two princes set off to a walk through the crowded streets, full of marketplaces and caught the attention of all the people especially young girls for their handsomeness
  2. the two princes were dressed to the 9s
  3. their lodging was at the king's palace
  4. they were picking flowers and Princess Sita was also walking in the garden with her maids and that where Rama saw her first and fell in love
  5. King Janaka challenges all men to bend the bow of god Shiva and the one who achieves it can marry his daughter
  6. Many high nobles and strong warrior try but fail
  7. Rama is triumphant throw a loud roar in bending the bow and thus is able to marry Sita
  8. The wedding! Gandharvas sang and beautifully decorated with flowers, garlands
Quotes
"I know of a surety that there comes hither a lady whom I shall love beyond all things else in the world." Lifting his eyes he saw Sita, the king's daughter, and they loved each other then and forever (Rama when he first saw Sita)
"Great Mother, bright as the lightning, and giver of gifts to gods and men, thou knowest, as I bend before thy lotus feet, what is the wish of my heart." Sita to the goddess Bhavani in her temple"
“Behold the mighty bow which has been treasured by generations of kings. Many rajahs and warriors have endeavored in vain to bend it; even rakshasas and asuras have failed; the gods themselves quail before it. To the rajah who can bend this mighty weapon, I will give in marriage my daughter, the beauteous Sita.

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