[Advaita-l] Did Shri Rama really abandon Sita?

[Murali k]

Namaste.

@ Jack Sparrow/Jatin

Thanks for your interesting answer.

Are there any links to these works that you quote?

I ask as they would be mighty helpful to counter the arguments of various
anti-Sanatan Dharam, pseudo-intellectual elements who quote liberally from
Uttara Kanda.

Thanks,

On 20 Dec 2017 16:36, "Aditya Kumar via Advaita-l" <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

>  Interesting. There are other popular versions of Ramayana as well which
> don't have uttara kanda.
>     On Wednesday 20 December 2017, 11:03:45 AM IST, Jack Sparow via
> Advaita-l <advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
>  Namaste. you can quote this reply wherever needed.
>  Yes it is addition to main Ramayan much later by a poet named Bhavbhuti in
> his work: Uttar Rama charita. It is more of fiction work and prior to this
> there is no mention till 1st century bc.
>  The fact can be verified when one reads Bhattiya s work written in second
> century bc by the name Ravan Vadhiyam, it does not mention Ram abandoning
> Sita.
> Jatin
>
> On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 9:11 PM, Aditya Kumar via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> >  Namaste,
> > A little off-topic. I have heard many people say that Ramayana ends with
> > Shri Rama coming back to Ayodhya, united with Sita. There are many other
> > books/Puranas where Ramayana is recited briefly. All of those accounts
> end
> > with Rama uniting with Sita. However, the more recent versions end with
> > Shri Rama abandoning Sita because some woodcutter said something. It is
> > strange because Sita had underwent Agnipariksha right after Rama slays
> > Ravana. Rama clarifies that, he put her into agni-pariksha although he
> knew
> > she was chaste, so that people may know about her devotion and to clear
> her
> > name.
> > Was Shri Rama, the maryada purushottama abandon his dharma-patni because
> > some random woodcutter gossiped about her? Even common folk won't do
> such a
> > thing. It is strange. I feel like this woodcutter story was added later
> to
> > undermine/insult Rama/faith in Rama.
> > Any leads or opinions on this matter?
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