Ramcharitmanas
श्रीरामचरितमानस
— Goswami Tulsidas
Tulsidas's beloved Awadhi retelling of the Ramayana — the Ram-katha of North India. Composed at Kashi (Varanasi) ~1574 CE, organised into seven kandas of chaupais punctuated by dohas, sorthas and chhands. The most widely-recited Hindu scripture after the Bhagavad Gita.
7 chapters · 11,384 verses
Chapters · अध्याय
- 1
Bala Kanda
बालकाण्ड
The childhood of Rama — invocations, the birth of the four princes, breaking of Shiva's bow, wedding of Sita.
3720 verses
- 2
Ayodhya Kanda
अयोध्याकाण्ड
Kaikeyi's boon, Rama's exile, Bharata's pilgrimage to Chitrakoot.
3231 verses
- 3
Aranya Kanda
अरण्यकाण्ड
Life in the forest; the meeting with sages; the abduction of Sita by Ravana.
665 verses
- 4
Kishkindha Kanda
किष्किन्धाकाण्ड
Alliance with Sugriva, slaying of Vali, the great vanara search for Sita.
367 verses
- 5
Sundara Kanda
सुन्दरकाण्ड
Hanuman's leap to Lanka, meeting Sita in the Ashoka grove, burning of Lanka — the most-chanted kanda.
676 verses
- 6
Lanka Kanda
लङ्काकाण्ड
The bridge to Lanka, the great war, the fall of Ravana, return to Ayodhya. (Called Yuddha Kanda in some Ramayana traditions.)
1393 verses
- 7
Uttara Kanda
उत्तरकाण्ड
Rama Rajya, the dialogue of Kakbhushundi and Garuda, Tulsidas's final reflections on bhakti.
1332 verses
Awadhi text in public domain (Tulsidas ~1574 CE); JSON via WirelessAlien/Ramcharitmanas on GitHub