Religion:Ramavijaya

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Shri Ram Vijaya is a popular devotional literature composed by Shridhar Swami Nazarekar (1658-1729) in Marathi.[1] It literally means 'Victory to Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu'. [2]

Introduction

The "Shri Ramavijaya" is divided into 40 chapters("adhyaya" in Marathi) and is composed of 9147 couplets ("ovis" in Marathi).[3][4] In 1891, the "Shri Ramvijaya" was retold in the English language and published by Dubhashi&Co, Bombay.[5]

Until the early 20th century, it was common to recite the Ramvijaya in a gathering of women in middle class Marathi speaking families.[6]

References

  1. Ayyappappanikkar (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections. p. 371. 
  2. Dinakar Dhondo Karve (1963). The New Brahmans: Five Maharashtrian Families. University of California Press. p. 19. https://archive.org/details/newbrahmansfivem00karv. "He mentions Harivijay (Victory to God Hari [Shiva]), Ramavijay (Victory to Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), Shivlilamrit (The Nectar of Shiva's Play), and Laghu-Guru-Charitra (The Story of Guru [the God Dattatreya]). These collections of legends about gods and supernatural figures are typical of traditional Marathi vernacular literature. The first three are by Shridhar (1678- 1728), the most prolific of marathi poets." 
  3. (in Marathi) Shri Ram Vijay. Gita Press. 2013. 
  4. Shridhar Swami (2011). D.A.Ghaisas. ed (in Marathi). Shri Ramvijay. Keshav Bhikaji Dhavale. 
  5. Ramvijaya: The mythological story of Rama. Dubhashi&co. 1891. https://archive.org/details/RamaVijaya. 
  6. Mandakranta Bose (30 September 2004). The Ramayana Revisited. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 262–. ISBN 978-0-19-516832-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ar2Qfr-UeQC&pg=PA262.