Do you know about eminent Authors of Indian literature like Adikavi Valmiki, Maharishi Veda Vyasa, Kalidasa, Bhasa, Harsha, Panini, Patanjali, Adi Shankaracharya, Kalhana, Jaideva, etc.
Maharshi Valmiki wrote Ramayana.
He also wrote Brahma Sutras, Bhagwat Puranam, Mahabharata, etc.
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Interesting Facts About the Ramayana
Did Sri Ram rule for 11,000 years?
Some say Sri Ram ruled for 11,000 years.
Sri Ram went in exile when he was 25 years old. He returned to Ayodhya and was coronated when 39. After ruling for 30 years and 6 months post his coronation, when he was about 70 years old, Sri Ram relinquished the kingdom.
dasha varsha sahasraani dasha varsha shataani ca |
raamo raajyam upaasitvaa brahma lokam prayaasyati ||
Ramayana – 1-1-97 1
It translates into: “After being in service of His kingdom for ten thousand years and another one thousand years, (i.e. 11000 years in total), Sri Ram undertook his journey to the abode of Bramha… “
But Sri Ram was said to have existed only 7,100 years ago in 5100 BCE. How do we reconcile the two?
This answer comes from the other epic, the Mahabharata.
“ahorātraṃ mahārāja tulyaṃ saṃvatsareṃa hi”
Mahabharata, verse 3-49-21
Meaning, for a Maharaja, a person who lives in accordance with dharma, a day is equivalent to a year. Taking the year to consist of 360 days and 12 months of 30 days each, 11,000 years in poetic form, gives us 30 years and 6 months as the number of actual years that Sri Ram ruled over Ayodhya.
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