Exam 18: India: the Ramayana

The new orthodox strain of Hinduism draws from more ancient ______________writings

In the Ramayana, the Vanara are ________________.

Rama is able to overpower Ravana by using ___________________.

___________________ is the monkey king who helps Rama find Sita.

Like many mythological heroes and heroines, Sita had a miraculous birth: she was _________________ by her father, King Janaka.

______________ is the Hindu god of fire from Vedic times.

Bettina Knapp suggests that the figures of Rama and Sita cannot be evaluated only in terms of ____________. .

The god who saves Sita from the trial by fire and rescues Rama from the evil Rakshasas is ________________.

The Hindu ideal regarding legitimate sex and other pleasures is ___________.

In the Ramayana, all four of Dasaratha's sons are incarnations of _______________, the most supreme Hindu god.

______________ is an example of Bharata's dharma as a younger brother.

Sita knows that Hanuman has been sent by Rama because he shows her the ____________________ that Rama had given him for identification.

According to Wendy Doniger, the British Raj tried to recast Hinduism as a __________.

Bettina Knapp provides additional important insights into Sita by reviewing _____________perspectives of the Ramayana.

The Rakshasas can be compared to the Greek Titans because _____________.

________________ is the monster with ten heads and twenty arms who abducts Sita to avenge the defeat of his army by Rama.

Sita gives Hanuman a ________________ to prove that he has spoken to her.

____________ is Rama's wife and an incarnation of Lakshmi, Vishnu's wife.

In Rama's family, he is especially blessed because _________________.

Doniger believes that India's new orthodox beliefs represent a ________ strain of Hinduism.