Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part C

I have completed The Ramayana, Part C reading. My notes are the text that follows. Last week, I decided to choose four stories from each section, and I found that I had too many options to choose from when it came time to write my story, so this week have decided to limit myself to three stories from each part.

 PDE Ramayana, Week 4:
  • Part C
    • Vali's Death, by Romesh Dutt, found in Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India
      • This episode was about Rama and Sugriva teaming up to kill Sugriva's brother, Vali. 
      • This was written in poem form, and was narrated completely in third person.
      • There of course was plenty of action, as should be expected.
      • Rama's integrity ends up being compromised because he killed Vali in a discreditable way.
      • The picture below is of Vali and Sugriva etched into some sort of rock or possibly even sand.


    • The Armies, by Donald A. Mackenzie, found in Indian Myth and Legend, also by Romesh Dutt, also found in Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India
      • This episode was about how the search for Sita started after some pressure was applied.
      • This opens with Sugriva not fulfilling his promise of helping Rama find Sita, after the rainy season had passed.
      • The story closes with the search for Sita finally underway.
      • Since this episode was a combination of written works, it was written halfway in first person and halfway in third person. It was also halfway written in paragraph format and halfway written in poem format.
      • There is mild action in this story, it is mostly orders being given, but I still found this to be one of my favorite stories.
    • Sita and Ravana, by Sister Nivedita, found in Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists
      • In this episode Hanuman spotted Sita in Ravana's captivity.
      • It was told solely in third person.
      • This episode was full of action, not necessarily physical action, but it was filled of verbal action.
      • I think that this episode was a little short, but I might still write about it.
      • This episode gave insight to how Sita felt in captivity.  


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