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Rama ( Sanskrit :    " Rma ") or Sr Rmachandra ( Sanskrit :            ) is the seventh avatar of the ___MASK84___ God Vishnu . He is the central figure of the ___MASK84___ epic Ramayana , which is the principal narration of the events connected to his incarnation on Earth , his ideals and his greatness . Rama is one of the many deities in ___MASK30___ and especially of the various Vaishnava sects . Religious texts and scriptures based on his life have been a formative component in numerous cultures of South and Southeast Asia . Along with Krishna , Rama is considered to be one of the most important avatars of Vishnu . In Rama - centric sects , he is considered the Supreme Being , rather than an avatar . The Ramayana ("") is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana . Along with the " Mahabharata ", it forms the Sanskrit " Itihasa ". Ravana ( IAST : Rvaa Sanskrit :    ) is the primary antagonist in the ___MASK84___ mythological tale as told in the ancient ___MASK84___ epic Ramayana where he is depicted as Rakshasa ( demon ) king of Lanka . ___MASK52___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK52___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK52___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK52___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Sita ( also spelled Sîta , Seeta or Seetha , meaning " furrow "), also known as Siya , Vaidehi , Janaki , Maithili or Bhoomija , is the central female character of the ___MASK84___ epic Ramayana and daughter of King Janaka of Videha and his wife queen Sunaina . She was the elder sister of Urmila and cousins Mandavi and Shrutakirti . She is consort of ___MASK84___ god Rama ( avatar of Vishnu ) and is an avatar of Lakshmi ( Adi Shakti of Lord Vishnu ), goddess of wealth and wife of Vishnu . She is esteemed as a paragon of spousal and feminine virtues for all ___MASK84___ women . Sita is known for her dedication , self - sacrifice , courage and purity . Romesh Chunder Dutt , CIE ( Bengali :           ) was an Indian civil servant , economic historian , writer , and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata . The Mahabharata or Mahbhrata ( US ; UK "") is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient ___MASK52___ , the other being the " Ramayana ". Sanskrit ( English pronunciation :; written in Devanagari script ; : or ', originally ', " refined speech ") is the primary sacred language of ___MASK30___ and " Mahyna " Buddhism , a philosophical language in ___MASK30___ , Jainism , Buddhism and Sikhism . It was also a literary language that was in use as a " lingua franca " in ancient and medieval South Asia . It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo - Aryan , originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto - Indo - Iranian and Proto - Indo - European . Today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand . As one of the oldest Indo - European languages for which substantial written documentation exists , Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo - European studies .