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Bala Kanda (; IAST: ', ) is the first Book of the Valmiki Ramayana. The Bala Kanda, in partif not in its entiretyis generally regarded as a later addition to the epic though is among the central five Kandas.'

Structure

The book consists of seventy-six sargas (sometimes translated as chapters or "cantos") of Sanskrit verse.

Synopsis

The Bala Kanda begins with the sage Valmiki asking Narada if there

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