This work was influential for future poetry in its language by its introduction of the sloka meter.
This work was influential for future poetry in its language by its introduction of the sloka meter. In one scene Kaikeyi reminds the king of his promise, and machinates to have her son placed on the throne. That son, Bharata, is aghast at his mother's behavior and places the title character's sandals on the throne once belonging to Dasaratha. Banished to the forest the main character, the prince of Ayodhya, along with his brother Laskmanna and the monkey-king Hanuman must fight the king of the Rakshahas. For 10 points, name this Sanskrit epic traditionally attributed to Valmiki which follows the life of the titular hero and his saving of his wife, the beautiful Sita from the demon Ravena.
This work was influential for future poetry in its language by its introduction of the sloka meter.
{Ramayana}