Thematic comparison between the VÄlmÄ«ki RÄmÄyaṇa and the Bhaá¹á¹ikÄvya, on the basis of AyodhyÄkÄṇá¸a and AraṇyakÄṇá¸a
Tappan Pandit and Suchitra Ray
Both the Bhaá¹á¹ikÄvya of Bhaá¹á¹i and the VÄlmÄ«ki RÄmÄyaṇa are MahÄkÄvya’s or great epics mentioned by different Sanskrit Ä€laá¹…kÄrikas.VÄlmÄ«ki RÄmÄyaṇa is called as Ä€dikÄvya.On the other hand VÄlmÄ«ki RÄmÄyaṇa is the source of the Bhaá¹á¹ikÄvya. We see the story of the AyodhyÄkÄṇá¸a and AraṇyakÄṇá¸a of the VÄlmÄ«ki RÄmÄyaṇa is given in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth cantos of the Bhaá¹á¹ikÄvya. In this paper, we shall try to describe a thematic comparison between AyodhyÄkÄṇá¸a and the AraṇyakÄṇá¸a of the VÄlmÄ«ki RÄmÄyaṇa and the Bhaá¹á¹ikÄvya.
Tappan Pandit, Suchitra Ray. Thematic comparison between the VÄlmÄ«ki RÄmÄyaṇa and the Bhaá¹á¹ikÄvya, on the basis of AyodhyÄkÄṇá¸a and AraṇyakÄṇá¸a. Int J Sanskrit Res 2019;5(4):10-15.