Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Week 10 Reading Notes: Divine Archer Part B




Divine Archer Part B



"Ravana" Source: Wiki Commons

  • Rama and Sugriva kill Vali
  • Rama tasks Hanuman to search for Sita
  • Hanuman jumps over the river which holds a river monster to Lanka
  • Ravana's brother helps Hanuman find Sita, but Hanuman is captured
  • Ravana sets Hanuman's tail on fire and Hanuman burns down the city with it and returns back to Rama
  • Both sides prepare for war despite some protests
  • Rama and the crew build a bridge to Lanka and hits Ravana with an arrow to the crown
  • Lots of battling, Lakshmana is injured and Rama kills Kumbhakarna, Ravana's giant brother
  • Indra helps out Rama giving him a chariot and weapons
  • Rama kills Ravana using the bow
  • Rama thinks Sita was having an affair with Ravana so he makes her prove it by walking through fire
  • Rama still does not believe Sita and sends her into exile
  • Sita has two sons but again he is skeptical 
  • They prove they are his sons and the sage Valmiki brings Sita to Rama
  • To prove once again that she was faithful, Sita asks mother earth to take her and she does



Bibliography
Divine Archer by Gould

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