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According to Indian tradition, the Ramayana is considered an Itihasa, a genre of narratives about past events that provide teachings for human life. The Ramayana is believed to take place during the Treta Yuga period of time. Valmiki's Ramayana is an epic poem consisting of around 24,000 verses. There are several regional versions and recensions of the Ramayana text. While some parts of the first and last volumes of Valmiki's Ramayana are thought to have different styles than the rest of the book, most Hindus still believe they are integral parts of the original work.

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Panchali) In: Citation Needed

According to Indian tradition, the Ramayana is considered an Itihasa, a genre of narratives about past events that provide teachings for human life. The Ramayana is believed to take place during the Treta Yuga period of time. Valmiki's Ramayana is an epic poem consisting of around 24,000 verses. There are several regional versions and recensions of the Ramayana text. While some parts of the first and last volumes of Valmiki's Ramayana are thought to have different styles than the rest of the book, most Hindus still believe they are integral parts of the original work.

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According to Indian tradition, the Ramayana itself, the epic belongs to the genre

of Itihasa like Mahabharata. The definition of itihāsa is a narrative of past events (purāvṛtta) which includes
teachings on the goals of human life. According to Hindu tradition, Ramayana takes place during a period
of time known as Treta Yuga.[8]
In its extant form, Valmiki's Ramayana is an epic poem of some 24,000 verses. A Times of India report
dated 18 December 2015 informs about the discovery of a 6th-century manuscript of the Ramayana at the
Asiatic Society library, Kolkata.[9] The Ramayana text has several regional renderings, recensions and sub
recensions. Textual scholar Robert P. Goldman differentiates two major regional revisions: the northern (n)
and the southern (s). Scholar Romesh Chunder Dutt writes that "the Ramayana, like the Mahabharata, is a
growth of centuries, but the main story is more distinctly the creation of one mind."
There has been discussion as to whether the first and the last volumes (Bala Kand and Uttara Kand) of
Valmiki's Ramayana were composed by the original author. Most Hindus still believe they are integral parts
of the book, in spite of some style differences and narrative contradictions between these two volumes and
the rest of the book.[citation needed]
Retellings include Kamban's Ramavataram in Tamil (c. 11th–12th century), Gona Budda
Reddy's Ramayanam in Telugu (c. 13th century), Madhava Kandali's Saptakanda
Ramayana in Assamese (c. 14th century), Krittibas Ojha's Krittivasi Ramayan (also known as Shri Ram
Panchali) in Bengali (c. 15th century), Sarala Das' Vilanka Ramayana (c. 15th century)[10][11][12]
[13] and Balarama Dasa's Dandi Ramayana (also known as the Jagamohan Ramayana) (c. 16th century)
both in Odia, sant Eknath's Bhavarth Ramayan (c. 16th century) in Marathi, Tulsidas' Ramcharitamanas (c.
16th century) in Awadhi (which is an eastern form of Hindi) and Thunchaththu
Ezhuthachan's Adhyathmaramayanam in Malayalam.
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