Hymn-Introduction to Sri Ramodantam-M. Venkataraman

Glimpses from Indian spirituality, mythology and way of life.

We all know about Valmiki Ramayana, consisting of 24000 verses, expounded by sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam.

The author of this work is unknown. But it is said that one Parameshwara Kavi has composed this in the 15th century. In Sri Ramodantam, he has presented the entire Ramayana in his inimitable and simple style. This work also has the seven chapters namely-Bala Kanda, Ayodhya Kanda, Aranya Kanda, Kishkinda Kanda, Sundara Kanda, Yudha Kanda and Uttara Kanda.

Sri Ramodantam is a minor poetical composition called in Sanskrit as Lagukavya. It is in simple Sanskrit and is generally prescribed as study material for the beginners in Sanskrit language. The term Sriramodantam is composed of two words ‘Srirama’ and ‘udantam’ meaning ‘the story of Srirama’.

In the succeeding presentations, I shall tell this Ramodantam in fourteen episodes- first the summary of each Kanda followed by the recitation of the slokas in the next. This is already available as a book and also as an audio book with leading booksellers like Google Playbooks and Apple.

Please also visit my website at https://www.ramannithya.com/. I have published a number of e-books and audio books and you may be able to see them in my website. You may even be able to purchase a few of them through the shop page of that website. Some of the e books like the one on Sandhyavandanam and Brahma Yagnam are almost free for download.

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/M_Venkataraman_Slokas_of_Sri_Ramodantam?id=YgN2EAAAQBAJ&hl=en-IN

https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Parameshwara_Kavi_Sri_Ramodantam_Slokas?id=AQAAAEC8pDjklM&hl=en-IN

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sri-ramodantam-slokas-parameshwara-kavi/1140112678

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781667049342

https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1583204183