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List of characters appearing in the Hindu epic Ramayana

Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit ancient epics (Itihasas) of Hindu literature. It was composed by sage Valmiki. This is a list of important figures that appear in the epic.

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• Agastya: Rishi (sage). Son of sage Pulastya and brother of sage Vishrava. He was an uncle of Ravana. Agastya and his wife Lopamudra met Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana during their exile and gave them a divine bow and arrow.^[1]
• Ahalya: Wife of the sage Gautama Maharishi. Many Hindu scriptures say that she was seduced by Indra (the king of the gods), cursed by her husband for infidelity, and liberated from the curse by Rama (an avatar of Vishnu).
• Akampana: A a maternal uncle of Ravana. He was one of ten sons of Sumali and Ketumathi. He also had four sisters. He was one of the survivors of the battle between Khara and Dushana along with Shurpanakha. After escaping the deadly carnage, he instigated Ravana to kidnap Sita, thus indirectly making him one of the masterminds behind the
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  A reclusive and intelligent woman, widow of a university vice-chancellor. She was always weary of her responsibilities and is thrilled to live a quiet life in Kasauli now that she does not have to raise children or run a household. Nanda Kaul is described as proud and stern, and she does not like to exhibit her feelings. When she learns Raka is coming to her, she is initially extremely bothered, but she comes to respect and even cherish the child, especially as Raka seems so much like her. Raka keeps her at arms' length, though, causing Nanda Kaul no end of frustration. Nanda Kaul is Ila Das's closest friend, but the relationship is not entirely reciprocal, and Nanda Kaul does not invite Ila Das to stay with her even though Ila Das suffers from poverty and threats of danger. At the end of the novel, Nanda Kaul feels crushed by the weight of the lies she's told herself and others.

  Nanda's great-granddaughter, left to Nanda after her parents, an abusive father and oppressed mother, move to Geneva while Raka is recovering from typhoid. She is reticent, independent, and, unlike other

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  Books by Kalpana Ram

  Phenomenology in Anthropology: A Sense of Perspective
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  Mukkuvar women: Gender, hegemony, and capitalist transformation in a South Indian fishing community
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  Handbook of Gender (Oxford Handbooks)
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  Fertile Disorder: Spirit Possession and Its Provocation of the Modern
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  Divine Domesticities: Christian Paradoxes in Asia and the Pacific
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  Oxford Handbook of Modernity in South Asia: Modern Makeovers
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