Book One - bAla KkANDa

1.  nArada briefs vAlmIki about rAma & rAmAyaNa in a nutshell
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2.  vAlmIki gets divine guidance to compile the epic
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3.  vAlmIki gets divine guidance to compile the epic
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4.  Lava and Kusha assigned to sing the epic & rAma listents to it
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5.  City ayodhya detailed
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6.  Splendour of ayodhya city described
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7.  Estimable nature of king dasharatha's ministers
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8.  King dasharatha proposes Vedic ritual for progeny
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9.  Legend of Sage Rishyasringa  
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10.  Rishyasringa enticed and brought from woods
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11 dasaratha brings Rishyasringa to ayodhya
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12.  dasaratha readies to perform asvamedha ritual
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13.  ashva-medha begun; sage vashiSTa's arrangements
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14.  ashvamedha commenced as preamble to putrakAmeShTi ritual
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15.  Rishyashringa officiates putrakAmeShTi ritual for dasharatha
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16.  yajna purusha presents divine dessert as fruit of ritual
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17.  brahma orders gods to spawn forest-rangers,vAnarA-s
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18.  Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna took births
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19.  Sage vishvamitra's arrival to take rAma along with him to guard ritual
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20.  dasharatha's dissent to spare rAma's servicees
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21.  Ire of sage vishvamitra; vashiShTha appeases dasharatha
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22.  rAma, lakshmaNa travel with vishvamitra to his ritual place
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23.  Their sojourn at the confluence of the rivers ganga and sarayu
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24.  The legend of deomoness tATaka
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25.  The legend of deomoness tATaka - contd
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26.   Elimination of demoness tATaka
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27.  vishvAmitra endows rAma with supernatural missiles
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28.  vishvAmitra teaches rAma about annulment of missiles
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29.  Legend of vAmana narrated
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30.  Legend of siddha Ashrama
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31.  rAma safeguards vishvAmitra's vedic ritual
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32.   rAma'savel to mithila city
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33.  Legend of brahmadatta
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34.  Legend of vishvamitra's ancestry
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35.  Legend of River Ganga
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36.  Legend of Uma and her curse
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37.  Legend of kaartikeya
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38.  Legend of emperor sagara
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39.  sagara's sons dig earth in search of ritual hose
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40.  Sage kapila burns the sons of sagara
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41.  sagara's grandson amshuman's search for the horse
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42.  king bhageeratha's effort to bring river ganga ion to the earth
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43.  River ganga's descent onto earth
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44.  brahma commends bhageeratha
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45.  The legend of churning Milk Ocean
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46.  Lady diti seeks for a son to kill Indra
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47.  The legend of Seven-maruts, wind-gods
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48.  The legend of ahalya
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49.  Redemption of ahalya from her curse
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50.  Redemption of ahalya from her curse cont. 
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51.  The legend of vishvamitra
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52.  he legend of Vishvamitra- contd
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53. vishvamitra tries to gain kaamadhenu
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54.  Sacred-Cow creates forces to fightback
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55.  vishvamitra ruins vashiSTHa's hermitage
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56.  vashiSTa nullifies Vishvamitra's missiles
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57.  The Legend of trishanku
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58.  trishanku seeks shelter of vishvamitra
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59. trishanku  undertakes Vedic ritual
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60.  trishanku's ascension to heaven
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61.  Lend of shunashshepa
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62.  Legend of shunashshepa [contd. ]
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63.  Legend of vishvamitra [contd. ]
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64.  Legend of vishvamitra [contd. ]
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65.  Legend of vishvamitra - concluded
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66.  Legend of shiva's bow
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67.  rAma breaks shiva's bow
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68.  janaka sends message to ayodhya
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69.  dasharatha arrives at mithila
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70.  ikshvaaku's lineage detailed
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71.  janaka's lineage detailed
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72.  Marriage alliance to bharata, shatrughna
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73. sItha's marriage with rAma
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74.  parashu rAma's arrival
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75.  Legends of shiva and vishnu bows
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76.  parashu rAma's pride is hurt
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77. Happy days after marriages
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Book I: bAla kANDa concludes here.

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