Itihasa & Gita

Ramcharitmanas

Tulsidas’s Awadhi telling of Rama’s story, widely read and sung in North India.

रामचरितमानस

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Composed in the 16th century in seven kāṇḍas. It is a bhakti poem, not a verse-for-verse replacement of Valmiki. Open it here in a public scholarly reader.

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Itihasa & Gita

वाल्मीकि रामायणम्

Valmiki Ramayana

The Sanskrit epic of Rama, Sita and the search that follows her abduction.

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महाभारतम्

Mahabharata

The Sanskrit epic of the Kuru war, the Pandavas and the questions that surround dharma.

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भगवद्गीता

Bhagavad Gita

Krishna’s dialogue with Arjuna on the battlefield, read as a complete teaching in its own right.

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योगवासिष्ठः

Yoga Vasistha

A long teaching from sage Vasistha to Rama on mind, illusion and liberation.

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