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Reading Notes: PDE Ramayana, Section C

These notes are an outline of section C of the public domain edition of Ramayana online. Here are the links for the other note sections:
Section A
Section B


  • Rama and Lakshmana leave to meet the monkey-god, Hanuman 
  • Sugriva talks about his feud with Vali and Sugriva asks Rama to help him in battle 
    • Tara (wife of Vali) asks Rama not to fight with Sugriva 
    • Rama hides in a bush during battle to kill Vali
    • Everyone is sad about Vali's death, even Sugriva

Finding Sita
  • Sugriva says he will help Rama find Sita but they have to wait for the rainy season to be over
  • Jatayu's (the bird) brother Sampati tells the army they are headed in the right direction towards Lanka
  • Hanuman (leader of the bears) finds Ravana in Lanka but cannot find Sita
  • Hanuman finds Sita in a grove of ashoka trees but she is guarded
    • Ravana continues to try and get Sita to marry him
    • Hanuman and Sita finally meet but Sita is afraid that Hanuman actually Ravana in Hanuman's form
    • Hanuman is captured by Ravana's son and brought to Ravana
  • When captured Hanuman sets his tail on fire
  • Sugriva orders his armies to march on Lanka
  • Ravana debates whether or not he should give Sita back to Rama
  • Vibhishana (Ravana's brother) tries to convince Ravana to give back Sita to Rama and then Vibhishana leaves to join Rama 

References:
Rama and the Monkeys by Geraldine Hodgson
Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie
The Iliad of the East: The Ramayana by Frederika Richardson



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