Balakanda

Also known as Adikanda

Bala Kanda (; IAST: ', ) is the first Book of the Valmiki Ramayana. The Bala Kanda, in partif not in its entiretyis generally regarded as an interpolation to the original epic.'''' ==Structure==

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Author: King of Dhar Bhoja-raja
First published: 1954
Editions: 2

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Religious text.image: Vishwamitra.jpg
Religious text.caption: Vishvamitra asks Dasharatha for help
Religious text.religion: Hinduism
Religious text.language: Sanskrit

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Official name: बालकाण्डम्

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Bala Kanda (; IAST: ', ) is the first Book of the Valmiki Ramayana. The Bala Kanda, in partif not in its entiretyis generally regarded as an interpolation to the original epic.'' ==Structure==

The book consists of seventy-six sargas (sometimes translated as chapters or "cantos") of Sanskrit verse.