A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1478

c5.1478

The incidents of the first six kāndas of the Rāmāyana supply the plot of Bhava-bhūti’s drama Mahā-vīra-charita. The Uttara-kānda is the basis of his Uttara-rāma-charita. This describes Rāma’s jealousy, the banishment of Sītā, and the birth of her sons; but the subsequent action is more human and affecting than in the poem. Rāma repents of his unjust treatment of his wife, and goes forth to seek her. The course of his wanderings is depicted with great poetic beauty, and his meeting with his sons and his reconciliation with Sītā are described with exquisite pathos and tenderness. The drama closes when