Executive Officer Paper II · 1 Ramayanam · APPSC Paper I

1.1 Ramayanam notes

3 notes, in reading order.

  1. 1.1.1The seven Kandas and the story line

    Valmiki's Ramayana, the Adikavya, tells Rama's story in seven Kandas, from his birth in Ayodhya to the killing of Ravana in Lanka and his return to the Sarayu; EO Paper II asks which Kanda an event is in, who did what, and which weapon or boon was used.

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  2. 1.1.2Who is who in the Ramayanam

    Most Ramayanam questions in EO Paper II are "who is whose" questions: the Ikshvaku and Videha royal families, Ravana's family, the vanaras and the sages; learn each person with one relation and one deed, and the epithets that hide their names.

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  3. 1.1.3Ikshvaku and Videha dynasties, places and rivers

    Rama belongs to the solar line of Ikshvaku that ruled Kosala from Ayodhya on the Sarayu, Sita to the Videha line of Nimi and Janaka that ruled from Mithila, and the exile carried Rama south from the Sarayu across the Ganga, Yamuna and Godavari to Kishkindha on the Pampa and over the sea to Lanka on Mount Trikuta.

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