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Reading Notes Ramayana Part A

 Summary of Tiny Tales 1-50


  1. Ravana is Born
  • Vishrava loved knowledge and Gods
  • His wife Kaikasi loved gold and blood
  • Dashagriva their first son had ten heads and ten pairs of arms (later called Ravana)
  • they later had three more children: two boys, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana, and a girl, Shurpanakha.
        2. RAVANA PETITIONS BRAHMA
  • Dashagriva petitioned the god Brahma
  • he fasted and prayed for 10,000 years
  • cut off many heads
  • Brahma granted Dashagriva's wish and gave his immortal nectar
        4.  RAVANA CONFRONTS SHIVA
  • Dashagriva was riding by Mount Kailasha
  • Nandi, Shiva's bull tried to get him out
  • DASHAGRIVA lifted a mountain with his 20 arms
  • Shiva laughed and crushed the mountain with his big toe
  • DASHAGRIVA was trapped underneath
  • Shiva named DASHAGRIVA Ravana
        8. SHURPANAKHA AND MANDODARI
  • Ravana's wife Mandodari was a vegetarian
  • his sister Shurpanakha was a carnivore
  • SHURPANAKHA commanded meat for dinner
  • MANDODARI refused
  • SHURPANAKHA told her husband Vidyutjiva to eat Ravana
  • He obeyed and ate him
  • Ravana screamed that SHURPANAKHA's son would be his heir and he would find her a new husband
  • SHURPANAKHA carved Ravana out of her husband's stomach
  • she blamed her husband's death on Ravana
        18. RAVANA FIGHTS VALI
  • Ravana went looking for vali, the monkey king
  • he wanted to fight him
  • he found vali on the ocean's shore in the middle of worship
  • As Ravana planned to sneak up on him, Vali Grabbed him
  • Vali soared up into the sky with Ravana in his arms
  • the rakshasas saw their king struggling and tried to help, but failed
  • Vali landed and let Ravana go
  • Ravana wanted to become friends
  • Vali agreed
        26. RAMA AMAZES KAUSHALYA
  • One day Kaushalya left Rama in his cradle and went to offer prayers
  • She was shocked to find him eating sweets there
  • she wondered how he could be at more than one place at once
  • Rama then displayed his cosmic form
  • this meant infinite beings, millions of universes contained every part of his body
  • Kaushalya prayed to forget what she had seen
  • Rama never again showed his true form in obedience to his mother
        34. THE STORY OF AHALYA
  • Brahma created Ahalya
  • She was the most beautiful woman in the world
  • Brahma gave Gautama Ahalya as his wife
  • Gautama had no time for her
  • Indra lusted Ahalya and disguised himself as Gautama and took her to bed
  • Gautama found out and cut Indra's testicles off and turned Ahalya to stone
Bibliography; Laura Gibbs, TINY TALES FROM THE RAMAYANA, Cite

(Image of Ravana illustrated by Ranak Mann)
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