Saturday, October 4, 2025

Hindu Ramayana in Buddhist Thailand



The Ramayana (Sanskrit रामायणम्, Romanized Rāmāyaṇam [3]), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (Sanskrit epic) from ancient proto-India (Bharata), one of the two important epics of modern Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata [4], the story of "Great Bharata." The epic narrates the life of the god Rama, the seventh avatar of the [extraterrestrial] Hindu deity Vishnu, who is a prince of Ayodhya in the Kingdom of Kosala. The epic follows his 14-year exile
  • to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi;
  • his travels across the forests on the Indian subcontinent with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana;
  • the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana, the king of [Sri] Lanka, which resulted in a bloodbath; and
  • Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya along with Sita to be crowned as a king amidst jubilation and celebration. More
  • Angkor Wat: Buddhist/Vedic (Hindu) fusion temple
  • WION; Amber Larson, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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