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Reading Notes: Ramayana Part D

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Kumbhakarna Rakshasas are a scary creature, but have you heard of Kumbhakarna ? Kumbhakarna is the ultimate demon who devoured human beings left and right. However, Brahma demanded that he would be asleep for six months and be awake for only a day. Every time that day comes, he would eat a meal and food coma.  One day, Kumbhakarna wakes up but not to loud noises or being trampled over but to beautiful women caressing him.  This is interesting because he woke up before he hit the six months mark. Ravana and Lakshmana Ravana and Lakshmana battle it out. Ravana threw a dart and punctured Lakshmana's heart. Lakshmana dies right then and there, but wait! Hanuman comes in to revive him with some healing herbs.  Lakshmana comes back much more powerful.  I might take some parts of this story and change it up a little bit to make it my own.  Valmiki's Hermitage Sita is sent into exile by Rama and gives birth to two sons, named Lava and Kusha. Ram...

Reading Notes: Ramayana Part C

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King Sugriva "Tears of love the tender Tara on her slaughtered hero shed; E'en Sugriva's bosom melted when he saw his brother dead," "Hanuman of sun-like radiance, lofty as a hill of gold, clasped his hands in due obeisance, spake in accents calm and bold." I really liked how the two lines above were worded. Hanuman in Lanka Hanuman promises Rama that he will find Sita. This is the first time he is searching for in Lanka Hanuman finds Ravana sleeping but Sita was nowhere to be found He wanders far and wide, and he still can't find Sita The Ashoka Grove After wandering to Ashoka Grove, Hanuman finally finds Sita Sita and Ravana Ravana finds Sita and asks for her hand in marriage Sita rejects him, which shows her loyalty towards Rama Hanuman and Sita Hanuman approaches Sita when it is the right time and she assumed that Ravana was taking on another form to trick her.  She got reassurance from the vanara spy who s...