Ramcharitmanas

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Ramcharitmanas is a 16th-century Awadhi retelling of the Ramayana composed by the poet Tulsidas, revered as a foundational devotional text in North Indian Hinduism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu scripture
devotional text
retelling of the Ramayana
alternateTitle Rāmcharitmānas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas

Rāmāyaṇa of Tulsidas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
associatedFestival Dussehra
Ram Navami
linked to: Rama Navami
associatedPractice Rāmcharitmanas akhand pāṭh
Rāmāyaṇa pāṭh (continuous recitation)
author Tulsidas
basedOn Valmiki Ramayana
linked to: Ramayana
centuryOfComposition 16th century
containsPart Araṇya Kāṇḍ
linked to: Aranya Kanda

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍ
linked to: Ayodhya Kanda

Bāl Kāṇḍ
Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍ
linked to: Kishkindha Kanda

Laṅkā Kāṇḍ
Sundar Kāṇḍ
linked to: Sundara Kanda

Uttar Kāṇḍ
linked to: Uttara Kanda
countryOfOrigin India
culturalRole foundational text of North Indian Hinduism
genre Bhakti literature
epic poetry
influenceOn Bhajan and kirtan repertoire
North Indian devotional music
Ramlila theatre traditions
linked to: Ramleela
language Awadhi
liturgicalUse recited in homes
recited in temples
used in Ramayana recitation festivals
mainCharacter Hanuman
Lakshmana
Rama
Ravana
Sita
meter chaupai
chaupāī-dohā sequence
doha
soratha
philosophicalOrientation Bhakti (devotion) to Rama
placeOfComposition Varanasi
regionOfInfluence Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Nepal (Terai region)
North India
linked to: northern India

Uttar Pradesh
religion Hinduism
script Devanagari
linked to: Devanagari script
structure seven kandas
theologicalFocus Rama as an incarnation of Vishnu
tradition Vaishnavism
venerationStatus regarded as sacred scripture by many Hindus

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Ramayana hasVersion Ramcharitmanas
Ramayana hasVersion Kamba Ramayanam
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Rama Navami ritual recitation of Ramcharitmanas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Bhakti movement associatedWith Ramcharitmanas
Rama associatedText Ramcharitmanas
Kaikeyi associatedWork Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Ramcharitmanas alternateTitle Rāmcharitmānas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Ramcharitmanas alternateTitle Rāmāyaṇa of Tulsidas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Vanaras appearIn Ramcharitmanas
Dasharatha associatedText Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Ravana textualSource Ramcharitmanas
Sita featuredIn Ramcharitmanas
Vibhishana alsoMentionedIn Ramcharitmanas
Sugriva textualSource Ramcharitmanas
Awadhi notableWorkInLanguage Ramcharitmanas
Shatrughna associatedWithText Ramcharitmanas
Shatrughna scripturalSource Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Lakshmana associatedWithText Ramcharitmanas
Indrajit appearsIn Ramcharitmanas
Ananda Ramayana relatedWork Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Kishkindha appearsIn Ramcharitmanas
Tulsi Manas Mandir associatedWith Ramcharitmanas
Tulsi Manas Mandir namedAfter Ramcharitmanas
Tulsi Manas Mandir namedAfter Tulsidas’s work Tulsi Ramcharitmanas
linked to: Ramcharitmanas
Tulsi Manas Mandir associatedText Ramcharitmanas
Awadhi people associatedLanguageOfEpic Ramcharitmanas
Tulsidas notableWork Ramcharitmanas
Tulsidas wrote Ramcharitmanas