Tag: Ramayana
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Kumbhakarna, a sleeping giant: A medico-mythological exploration
B. Sadananda NaikMoodabidri, India Kumbhakarna, a gigantic brother of the legendary demon king Ravana, is depicted as one of the most powerful warriors in the Indian epic the Ramayana.1 Kumbhakarna became famous for his extraordinary sleep and enormous appetite. According to Hindu mythology, due to a divine twist during a boon-granting ceremony, he was cursed…
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The practice of medicine at the time of the Ramayana
The Ramayana, one of India’s great epics, was composed by the sage Valmiki. The epic consists of about 24,000 couplet verses in Vedic and Classical Sanskrit, divided into 500 chapters. Its themes include the war between the god king Rama while in exile in the forests of India and the demon king Ravana, who abducts…