A retelling of this story with a title referring to a "lake of deeds" was written by Tulsidas.
A villain in this poem disguises himself as a mendicant asking for alms to trick a woman into crossing a magical protective boundary. A retelling of this story with a title referring to a "lake of deeds" was written by Tulsidas. The aforementioned woman is later raised from a fire unscathed as a proof of her purity. This work's protagonist goes into exile when Kaikeyi ["Kai-kuh-yee"] demands that Bharata succeed Dasaratha ["Dush-uh-ruh-tha"] as king of Ayodhya. Sugreeva and Lakshmana help the protagonist lead an army to Lanka to defeat the demon king Ravana, who had kidnapped the hero's wife. For 10 points, name this ancient Indian epic by Valmiki, about a hero who rescues his wife Sita.
A villain in this poem disguises himself as a mendicant asking for alms to trick a woman into crossing a magical protective boundary.
the Ramayana [or Ramayanam; or Ramayan]