Balakanda
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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==
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Vinony's link graph records 181 inbound references to Balakanda, and connects out to Ramayana, list of characters in Ramayana and Sanskrit.
It is catalogued under topics including Ramayana and Wikisource templates with missing id.
Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
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- Vishwamitra.jpg
- Religious text.caption
- Vishvamitra asks Dasharatha for help
- Religious text.religion
- Hinduism
- Religious text.language
- Sanskrit
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Part of
- Ramayana
- Official name
- बालकाण्डम्
- Author
- Valmiki
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Structure
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- References
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Balakanda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.