Ramayana: Ancient Indian Epic

[A chauhan]

Who was better: Ram et al. or Ravan et al.?

Lankans are descendants of Ravana they wont change

 

[pmaitra]

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Lankans are descendants of Ravana they wont change

Ravana was the only gentleman of all the main characters in Ramayana. His gentlemanly behaviour surpasses even that of Hanuman, least said about Ram.

 

[Singh]

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Ravana was the only gentleman of all the main characters in Ramayana. His gentlemanly behaviour surpasses even that of Hanuman, least said about Ram.

Ravana himself admitted to his follies.
Rama was without blemish when it comes to the subtle science of morality.

 

[Virendra]

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Ravana was the only gentleman of all the main characters in Ramayana. His gentlemanly behaviour surpasses even that of Hanuman, least said about Ram.

Like kidnapping a married woman?

 

[KS]

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Like kidnapping a married woman?

Like not touching her till she gave her permission..

 

[pmaitra]

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Ravana himself admitted to his follies.
Rama was without blemish when it comes to the subtle science of morality.

Rama was a coward, and he violated Kshatriya Dharma on many occassions. I could list 'em all, but that would derail the thread. For one example, read how that slimey and sorry excuse of a 'Kshatriya,' murdered Vali.

 

[Virendra]

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Like not touching her till she gave her permission..

I know he was a visionary. But it doesn't wash off his crime.

 

[pmaitra]

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Like kidnapping a married woman?

He hadn't touched her.

BTW, from that 'leftist historian' thread where you dodged my question, did you look up what 'vivaha' means? Can you define it here for us please?

It is relevant to your question here.

 

[Dovah]

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He hadn't touched her.

He held her against her will. Not gentlemanly at all.

 

[pmaitra]

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He held her against her will. Not gentlemanly at all.

If you read my post in its entirety where I used that word gentlemanly, you will get the context.

 

[KS]

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Rama was a coward, and he violated Kshatriya Dharma on many occassions. I could list 'em all, but that would derail the thread. For one example, read how that slimey and sorry excuse of a 'Kshatriya,' murdered Vali.

Still many consider him to be a God and such adjectives dont do good in a discussion...

 

[Dovah]

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If you read my post in its entirety where I used that word gentlemanly, you will get the context.

His gentlemanly behaviour surpasses even that of Hanuman, least said about Ram.

To be honest, I still don't.

 

[pmaitra]

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To be honest, I still don't.

It's like you have 5 pots of water, and one of them is the hottest of all. That does not mean the hottest pot is the hottest object in the universe, but only the hottest among those 5 pots.

Similarly, I am not saying Ravana was the most gentlemanly person of all beings, carnal or ethereal; but he was definitely the best of all the main characters in Ramayana.

Does this help?

 

[Virendra]

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He hadn't touched her.
BTW, from that 'leftist historian' thread where you dodged my question, did you look up what 'vivaha' means? Can you define it here for us please?
It is relevant to your question here.

Did I really dodge the question?
Go and read the thread again, I had replied to it

 

[KS]

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BTW Vaali himself wasnt a gentleman...who abused his brother and took possession of Sugriv's kingdom...moreover why Ram had to take out Vali the way he did was because according to mythology anyone who stood in front of Vali would lose half of their strength to him.

 

[Singh]

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And Rama paid the price for killing Bali the way he did in dwapar yuga

 

[Virendra]

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But thats according to mythology KS. Was it real? I mean that super power and all.
Nobody knows

 

[Dovah]

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It's like you have 5 pots of water, and one of them is the hottest of all. That does not mean the hottest pot is the hottest object in the universe, but only the hottest among those 5 pots.

Similarly, I am not saying Ravana was the most gentlemanly person of all beings, carnal or ethereal; but he was definitely the best of all the main characters in Ramayana.

Does this help?

The question is still valid, you consider a person who abducts and keeps a woman against her will a gentleman? And I fail to see how you rate Ravana's character to be higher than that of Hanuman.

 

[KS]

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But thats according to mythology KS. Was it real? I mean that super power and all.
Nobody knows

Our entire set of mythologies are just exxagerated real life incidents....Atleast that is what I feel

 

[Singh]

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But thats according to mythology KS. Was it real? I mean that super power and all.
Nobody knows

what kind of a hindu are you ? you disbeliever !