The protagonist of the great Indian epic poem, the Ramayana. He is widely worshipped throughout India and Southeast Asia as the seventh incarnation of the god Vishnu. He was born as the eldest son of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya, the capital of the Kosala kingdom, and married Sita, the daughter of King Janaka. Due to slander, he was forced to travel for 14 years with Sita and his brother Lakshmana, and Sita was taken by the demon king Ravana. However, with the help of an army of monkeys, he defeated Ravana after a fierce battle, retrieved Sita, and ascended to the throne of Ayodhya. His and Sita's eventful life was filled with the aesthetic and ethical ideals of ancient India, and the two have been enthusiastically revered by the Indian people to this day as ideal personalities of royalty (kshatriyas). Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
インドの大叙事詩『ラーマーヤナ』の主人公。ビシュヌ神の第7の化身として広くインドから東南アジアにわたって崇拝されている。コーサラ国の都アヨーディヤーの王ダシャラタの長子として生れ,ジャナカ王の娘シーターを妻とする。讒言によりシーターと弟ラクシュマナを伴って 14年間の放浪の旅をするはめに陥り,魔王ラーバナにシーターを奪われるが,猿軍の援助を得て激戦の末ラーバナを倒し,シーターを取戻し,アヨーディヤーの王位につく。彼とシーターとの波乱万丈の生涯は古代インドの美的,倫理的理想にあふれ,2人は王族 (クシャトリヤ ) の理想的人格として今日にいたるまでインド民衆の熱狂的尊敬を受けてきた。
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