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The Ramayana in Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

J. Kats
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One of the most popular stories in India and East Asia is the story of the adventures of Rāma, whose consort Sītī is carried off by the giant king Rāvana. From this event proceeds a great war, which leads to the destruction of the tyrant and the return of Sītā.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , February 1927 , pp. 579 - 585
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1927

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page 582 note 1 Concerning a pseudo-Sītā see Printz, Wilhelm, “Helena und Sita”: Festgabe Hermann Jacobi (Fritz Klopp, Bonn).Google Scholar

page 583 note 1 The reason of the similitude of these three versions perhaps lies in the relation between Sumatra and Central Java in the time of the kingdom of Srīwijāya (eighth century A.D.).

page 584 note 1 The disowning of Sita by Kama is treated in the above-mentioned article of Wilhelm Printz.