Facts about The Ramayana

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   Sita's abduction by Ravana occurs in the Aranya Kanda, the third book of the Ramayana, marking the narrative's turning point toward war and Rama's quest across Lanka.

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   Rama's 14-year exile, the central narrative of the Ramayana, follows a curse placed by Kaikeyi that fundamentally drives the epic's plot and moral framework.

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   Seven major recensions of the Ramayana exist across different regions of India, with the Northern Recension containing approximately 30,000 verses compared to the Southern Recension's 24,000 verses.

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   Valmiki's original Sanskrit epic took approximately 300 years to compose, with authorship spanning multiple generations of poets from roughly 400 BCE to 100 CE.

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   Approximately 24,000 verses compose the Ramayana, making it roughly four times longer than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey combined.

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