Epics of India

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Ramayana: Rama Attacks, by  Sister Nivedita "Don't attack Rama, Ravana." "I'll attack." This six word story is in reference to the advise Ravana receives from his spies and soldiers in regards to Rama coming to Lanka to retrieve Sita. All the spies tell Ravana he is way in over his head, and that Rama has limitless power. Never the less, thanks to Ravana's incompetence and ignorance, he doesn't surrender Sita, and Ravana goes to battle with Rama, where he is defeated. Ramayana:  Kumbhakarna, by  Donald Mackenzie Kumbhakarna is the greatest demon warrior of all time, and has been in a deep slumber for months. When he is woken up, he fights Rama's army and eats lots of apes, but eventually is slain by Rama. This two sentence story basically sums up how Kumbhakarna affects the battle between Rama and Ravana. Although the demon warrior is supposed to sleep for 6 months before waking up for one day to eat, he is woken up a little early and...

Ramayana: Rama Attacks, by  Sister Nivedita setting: dark, cloudy, stormy, earth is shaking Ravana sends monkey spies to see what Rama is up to monkey spies come back and tell Ravana that Rama's power is limitless and they should surrender Sita Ravana gets mad at the spies and banishes them, he sends more monkey spies but they return giving him the same advice, which only angers Ravana even more Ravana comes up with a plan to fool Sita. He makes the illusion of Rama's head and his bow severed and presents it to Sita Sita cannot believe her eyes and tells Ravana to kill her so she may join Rama suddenly, Ravana gets called to battle, and as he leaves, the illusions decimate. Sita knows it is an illusion Ramayana:  Kumbhakarna, by Donald Mackenzie Kumbhakarna is a great a ferocious sleeping demon warrior. He is a giant. He used to roam the earth, killing humans and destroying anything in his past. He even defeated the god Indra. However, Brahma...

Ramayana: Sugriva and Vali, by Romesh Dutt story expands over three parts, including Sugriva and Vali, Vali's Death, and King Sugriva Tell's the story of Sugriva Sugriva and his brother went chasing after a foe, foe went down hole and Sugriva waited at the entrance to the hole while Vali chased after the enemy. Sugriva thought his brother died, so he filled the hole and returned to the kingdom. When Vali finally emerged from the hole, he returned to kingdom and claimed his brother betrayed him He banishes his brother from the kingdom Sugriva returns with Rama to their kingdom  Kishkindha  to face his brother and reclaim the throne Vali and Sugriva end up battling, and Rama comes in and shoots Vali with an arrow to end it entire monkey kingdom mourn their dead king and Sugriva mourns his brother Ramayana: Sampati and Jatayu by  Frederika Richardson Macdonald Sampati tells the story of how he earned his wounds and why he cannot fly anymore Sampati and his bro...