Ananda Ramayana

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The Ananda Ramayana is a later devotional retelling of the Hindu epic Ramayana, notable for its expanded stories, hymns, and emphasis on the divine glory of Rama and Sita.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu religious text
Ramayana retelling
Sanskrit text
aimsTo inspire devotional worship
praise Rama
praise Sita
associatedWith Rama bhakti tradition
basedOn Ramayana
belongsToCorpus later Ramayana literature
centersOnDeity Rama
Sita
contains expanded stories not found in Valmiki Ramayana
hymns to Rama
hymns to Sita
kirtanas (songs of praise)
stotras (devotional hymns)
culturalContext Hindu devotional practice
describedAs devotional adaptation of the Ramayana
later retelling of the Ramayana
emphasizesTheme bhakti (devotion)
divine glory of Rama
divine glory of Sita
hasForm poetic text
hasGenre Hindu epic literature
devotional literature
hasLanguage Sanskrit
hasReligion Hinduism
hasStructure divided into multiple sections or chapters
influenced later Rama-bhakti traditions
literaryMotif divinization of epic heroes
glorification of Rama’s name
miraculous deeds of Rama
narrativeFocus Rama as supreme deity
Sita as divine consort
portrays Rama as incarnation of Vishnu
Lakshmi avatar
surface form: Sita as manifestation of Lakshmi
primaryAudience devotees of Rama
regionOfInfluence India
relatedWork Adhyatma Ramayana
Ramcharitmanas
surface form: Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas

Ramayana
surface form: Valmiki Ramayana
textType Puranic-style retelling
timeOfComposition post-Valmiki period
tradition Vaishnavism
usedIn Rama worship rituals
devotional singing
religious recitation

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Ramayana hasVersion Ananda Ramayana
Rama associatedText Ananda Ramayana
Samudra Manthan describedIn Ananda Ramayana
this entity surface form: Ramayana (later versions and retellings)