Le Râmâyana - Tome Premier: Poème Sanscrit De Valmiky

A prince rendered exile. A wife stolen. A kingdom gone to war. So begins the Ramayana, the ancient Sanskrit epic that has shaped Indian civilization for over two millennia. King Dasaratha of Ayodhya, heirless and desperate, performs a sacred rite that grants him four sons - the greatest being Rama, virtuous and brave. But fate is cruel: Rama is exiled to the forest, his beloved wife Sita kidnapped by the ten-headed demon king Ravana. What follows is a tale of devotion, dharma, and the costs of honor, a story so powerful it has been retold in every language of South and Southeast Asia. This first volume establishes the world and the characters who will drive one of humanity's greatest adventures - an epic about what we owe to family, to truth, and to ourselves.