Book Five - Sundara Kanda

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1 : Hanuma's Flight over Ocean
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2 : The city of Lanka
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3 : Hanuma conquers Lanka
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4 : Hanuma enters the city of Lanka
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5 : Ravana's palace
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6 : Inside the palace
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7 : Hanuma sees Pushpaka in Ravana's inner city
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8 : Description of the Pushpaka
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9 : The inner buildings of Ravana's house
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10 : Hanuma enters Ravana's house
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11 : Hanuma continues search for Seetha
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12 : Hanuma's depression
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13 : Hanuma starts to search in Ashoka garden
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14 : Hanuma enters the Ashoka garden
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15 : Hanuma sees Seetha
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16 : Hanuma's grief at the plight of Seetha
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17 : Hanuma sees Seetha with ogresses
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18 : Ravana comes to Seetha
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19 : Seetha in Ashoka garden
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20 : Ravana talks to Seetha
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21 : Seetha's reply
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22 : Ravana gives deadline
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23 : Ogres frighten Seetha
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24 : Seetha's reply to Ogres
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25 : Seetha bursts into a wail
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26 : Seetha decides to give up life
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27 : Trijata's dream
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28 : Seetha recollects the time limit
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29 : Seetha experiences some good omens
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30 : Hanuma falls in dilemma
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31 : Hanuma began to narrate story of to Seetha
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32 : Seetha is shocked to see Hanuma
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33 : Seetha antecedents to Hanuma
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34 : Hanuma reveals himself to be a messenger of
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35 : Seetha asks Hanuma to describe the characteristics
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36 : Hanuma gives Seetha, the signet ring sent by
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37 : Seetha was both delighted and depressed
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38 : Hanuma asks Seetha to give him a token of remembrance
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39 : To urge and Lakshmana
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40 : Hanuma consoles Seetha and travels northward
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41 : Hanuma thinks to meet Ravana
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42 : Female-demons enquires Seetha about Hanuma
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43 : Hanuma thinks of destroying a sacred sanctuary of demons
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44 : Ravana sends Jambumali
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45 : Hanuma kills Prahasta's seven sons
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46 : Ravana sends five army-generals
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47 : Ravana sends his son Aksha
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48 : Ravana sends his son Indrajit
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49 : Hanuma sees well-adorned Ravana
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50 : Hanuma declares himself to be a messenger of
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51 : Hanuma narrates the story of
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52 : Ravana orders Hanuma to be killed
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53 : Later Ravana orders to set fire to his tail
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54 : Hanuma makes up his mind to set fire the city of Lanka
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55 : Hanuma doubts whether Seetha dies in the fire
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56 : Hanuma again visits Ashoka garden and sees Seetha
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57 : Hanuma leaps from Lanka and touches Mount Mainaka
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58 : Jambavan requests Hanuma to narrate clearly the happenings
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59 : Hanuma describes the plight of Seetha to his fellow monkeys
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60: Jambavan's wise guidelines
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61 : Monkeys took halt at Madhuvana
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62 : Dadhimukha departs to Kishkindha
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63 : Dadhimukha reports Madhuvana destruction to Sugreeva
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64 : Hanuma apprises of the discovery of Seetha
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65 : Hanuma conveys Seetha's message to .
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66 : urges Hanuma, to repeat the words spoken by Seetha.
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67 : Hanuma narrates an incident connected with a crow
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68 : Seetha expressed her grave doubt
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Thus concludes the fifth book Sundara Kanda, in Valmiki Ramayana.
It is customary to read Sri Pattabhishekam Sarga after completing Sundara Kanda pArAyaNa.

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