Ramayana

textual humanities text corpus core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

Sanskrit epic tradition, textual tradition

Canon Rationale

A central South and Southeast Asian epic tradition, included for epic narrative, dharma, kingship, devotion, performance, retelling, and regional adaptation.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 14.

Evidence

handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Ramayana'.
field survey: World History Encyclopedia, 'Ramayana,' by Anindita Basu.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, performance context required

Sensitivity Flags

living tradition

Completion unit: read a defined substantial selection or edition, with version/recension and performance-tradition context tracked.