ID: 901000896 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000896	Record Type: Literature

	Ramayana (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later)

Note: Ancient Indian epic poem narrating the life of Rama, the legendary prince of Kosala Kingdom. Composed in Sanskrit, probably not before 300 BCE, by the poet Valmiki, and in its present form consists of some 24,000 couplets divided into seven books.

Display Date: 300 BCE or later

Names:

	Ramayana (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Rāmāyaṇa (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later) (English,U,N)
	रामायणम् (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later) (Sanskrit,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Poetry> (P)
		............Ramayana (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Sugriva
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Sugriva (Hindu character)) [901000887]

	actor is .... Ravana
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Ravana (Hindu demon)) [901001972]

	has as focus .... Rama
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Rama (Hindu deity)) [901000897]

	is source for .... Hanuman
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Hindu iconography, Hindu characters, Hanuman (Hindu character)) [901000852]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... epic poem
	.....(narrative poems, poems by form, poems, poetry and poems, genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	language is .... Sanskrit (language)
	.....(temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems, languages and writing systems by specific type, languages and writing systems, language-related concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Ramayana (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Rāmāyaṇa (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	रामायणम् (epic poem, Sanskrit, 300 BCE or later)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana#/media/File:Indischer_Maler_von_1780_001.jpg