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Title: The Ramayana
Release Date: March 18, 2008 [Ebook #24869]
Language: English
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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE RAMAYANA***
*The RÁMÁYAN of VÁLMÍKI*
*Translated into English Verse*
*by*
Ralph T. H. Griffith, M.A.
Principal of the Benares College
London: Trübner & Co.
Benares: E. J. Lazarus and Co.
1870-1874
CONTENTS
Invocation.
Book I.
Canto I. Nárad.
Canto II. Brahmá's Visit
Canto III. The Argument.
Canto IV. The Rhapsodists.
Canto V. Ayodhyá.
Canto VI. The King.
Canto VII. The Ministers.
Canto VIII. Sumantra's Speech.
Canto IX. Rishyasring.
Canto X. Rishyasring Invited.
Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed.
Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun.
Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished.
Canto XIV. Rávan Doomed.
Canto XV. The Nectar.
Canto XVI. The Vánars.
Canto XVII. Rishyasring's Return.
Canto XVIII. Rishyasring's Departure.
Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes.
Canto XX. Visvámitra's Visit.
Canto XXI. Visvámitra's Speech.
Canto XXII. Dasaratha's Speech.
Canto XXIII. Vasishtha's Speech.
Canto XXIV. The Spells.
Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love.
Canto XXVI