Week 2 Reading Diary: Ramayana

It took me a few minutes to become comfortable to the way the stories are told. The language is different than most books. The names are also hard for me to read so I find listening to the audio book very helpful and even then it is hard for me to remember the names for later on in the story. This story also reminds me of The Odyssey.

• The city was filled with happy people but Dasharatha, the king, was not happy because he did not have a son
• Wives were embarrassed that they could not make the kind happy 
• The Gods promised not only one but four sons after the offering 
• Ravana is an evil God and the people seek Brahma 
•  support the evil God - rakshasas, Maricha and Subahu,
• Vishvamitra needs Rama (the beautiful son of Dasharatha) to do bad things
• Rama and Lakshmana are the heros of the story 
• Vishvamitra tells Rama a story inside this story

Sita Vanavasa: Sita in exile; Ravi Varma Press.

(L0021787 Credit: Wellcome Library, London)

• Rama is n love with Sita there is a large poem like story about Sita.
• Ramas choice weapon is a giant bow that others cannot even lift
• At the end of this section the king died but before he died he tells a story of hunting. 

Link to Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana