The epic was an important influence on later Sanskrit poetry and Indian life and culture, particularly through its establishment of the shloka meter. Verses in the Ramayana are written in a 32-syllable meter called anustubh. Thematically, the epic explores the tenets of human existence and the concept of dharma.
The Ramayana consists of 24,000 verses in seven books (kāndas) and 500 cantos (sargas),and tells the story of Rama (an incarnation of the Hindu preserver-God Vishnu), whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana. The name Ramayana is a tatpurusha compound of Rāma and ayana (“going, advancing”), translating to “Rama’s Journey”.
It depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal servant, the ideal brother, the ideal wife and the ideal king. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being the Mahabharata. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon. However, Ramayana is not only a kavya, it’s also considered to be a mahakavya(ancient heroic epic poem). The Ramayana (Sanskrit: रामायण, Rāmāyana,) belongs to the broad classification of Sanskrit Literature known as kavya(poetry).
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