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Vol. XXXVI, 2013
The Oral Traditions of Epics in Gujarat
73
Story
Epic-story contains 30 titles of Pankhadies : 1. Indra and Gautam Rishi 2. Bhagavān and Shiv 3. Dashratha and Vasuki 4. Kakka-Padamani (kaikeyi) 5. Sitā 6. Janak-Raja 7. Shravana 8. Rama-Laxmana 9. Dasharatha and Barber 10. Marriage of Rāma-Sitā 11. Vanvās 12. Tenth Planet 13. Rāvan 14. Aval (Tanner's Cassia), Squirrel etc. 15. Hanuman 16. Sitā in Lankā 17. Bhanjani (Anjani's sister in nether) 18. Hanumān in Lankā 19. Rāma-Laxman in Lankā 20. Rāvan and Lakshman 21. Ravana-Vadhh (by Laxman) 22. Anjani and Hanuman 23. Makardhvaja 24. Kaushalyā 25. Sitā-tyāg 26. Lava-Kusha 27. Horse of Rāma
28. Rāma-Lakshmana in Vana 29 & 30. Rāma-Lakshmana Parikramana (Circumambulation of earth)
It seems that some titles may be traditional and some might have been given by the editor to specify story-incident.
Tribal story follows the outline or frame of Rāmayan and RāmcharitMānas, but there is a vast difference in origin of characters and some incidents.
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