The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1941 page)
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The hero of the major Hindu epic,
R
m
ya
a
. The initial core of the epic portrays R
ma as a courageous prince following the example of his ancestor Raghu (hence his epithet R
ghava). But in the full epic and the
Pur
as
, R
ma is an
avat
ra
(manifestation) of
Vi
u
, the seventh and almost equal in importance to
K
a
. R
R
myaa. The initial core of the epic portrays R
ma as a courageous prince following the example of his ancestor Raghu (hence his epithet Rghava). But in the full epic and thePur
as, R
ma is anavat
ra(manifestation) of
Vi
u, the seventh and almost equal in importance to
K
a. R
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