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Section 9.
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Abandoning of Sītā
Back to Ayodhya: (i) Last Rites of Rāvana, (ii) Meeting Sitā, (iii) Back to Ayodhya. B. Lakṣmaṇa's Ardhacakravartītva: (i) Coronation of Lakṣmaṇa, (ii) Occupation of Mathura by Śatrughna, (iii) Laksmana's WarCampaign.
Banishment of Sītā.
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Birth of the sons of Sītā and Her FireOrdeal: (i) Birth and Marriage, (ii) Battle and Fire Ordeal.
Intervening Stories
Renouncing the World: (i) Acceptance of Monkhood by the Principal Eight sons of Lakṣmaṇa, (ii) Death of Lakṣmaṇa, (iii) Accepting of Monkhood by Lavana & Ankusa, (iv) Attack on Rama's Territory (v) Rama's Nirvāņa.
Introduction
Informative Stories
CHAPTER IV
Caritas of Eminent Persons
(1). Ravana-carita (chs.5-19):
(a) Beginning of Hostility between the Ancestors of Ravana and those of Indra :
(i) Losing of Lanka by Sukeśa and its reoccupation by Mali, (ii) Killing of Mali and the occupation of Lanka by Vaiśravana; (b) Re-Occupation of Lanka by Ravana : (iii) Birth of Ratnāśarava and his marriage, (iv) Birth of Ravana and his Brothers. (v) Acquisition of Vidyas by Ravana, (vi) Marriage of Ravana and his Progeny, (vii) Con-duct of Kumbhakarna, (viii) Defeating Vaiśravana and Yama;
(c) Ravana's War-Campaign and his emergence as a Prativasudeva or Ardha-Cakravartin of Bharatavarṣa :
(ix) Abduction of Candranakha, (x) Raising of Kailasa Mountain, (xi) Ravana's conquest
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