hindu-devotional-texts/src/scriptures/ramcharitmanas/index.ts

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import type { Scripture, Chapter } from '../../types.js'
import sundarkand from '../sundarkand.js'
import balKand from './bal-kand.js'
import ayodhyaKand from './ayodhya-kand.js'
import aranyaKand from './aranya-kand.js'
import kishkindhaKand from './kishkindha-kand.js'
import lankaKand from './lanka-kand.js'
import uttarKand from './uttar-kand.js'

// Ramcharitmanas — Tulsidas's Awadhi retelling of the Rama story (16th c.), the
// complete seven-kand work. Each kand is one `Chapter` of doha-numbered
// segments; a segment carries its chaupai couplets, doha/soratha, and (where
// present) chhand with the printed structural labels, as the source prints them.
//
// Source: the public-domain (Unlicense) WirelessAlien/Ramcharitmanas dataset
// (Devanagari-only). The six kands authored in this pass (Bal, Ayodhya, Aranya,
// Kishkindha, Lanka, Uttar) ship verbatim Devanagari, whitespace-normalised only
// — the same transform the shipped Sundarkand uses. IAST, English prose, and a
// Hindi bhāvārtha are LATER passes for these six kands (this is the
// Devanagari-only first import, mirroring Sundarkand's own history). See
// SOURCES.md.
//
// Chapter 5 (Sundar Kand) is NOT re-authored: it reuses the already-shipped,
// fully-layered `sundarkand` scripture's single chapter (verbatim Devanagari +
// best-effort romanisation + researched English + Hindi bhāvārtha, all 63
// verses incl. the 3 mangalacharan shlokas), renumbered to chapter 5. The
// standalone `sundarkand` scripture stays exported unchanged for back-compat.
const sundarChapter: Chapter = {
  ...sundarkand.chapters[0],
  number: 5,
  titleEnglish: 'Sundar Kand',
}

const ramcharitmanas: Scripture = {
  slug: 'ramcharitmanas',
  titleEnglish: 'Ramcharitmanas',
  titleHindi: 'श्रीरामचरितमानस',
  titleSanskrit: 'श्रीरामचरितमानस',
  deity: 'rama',
  about: {
    en: "The Ramcharitmanas (shriRamacharitamanasa) is the Awadhi retelling of the story of Rama composed in the 16th century by the poet-saint Tulsidas (Goswami Tulsidas). One of the most beloved and widely recited works of Hindi-belt devotional literature, it narrates the life of Rama across seven books (kandas): Bal Kand (Rama's birth and youth, his marriage to Sita), Ayodhya Kand (the exile), Aranya Kand (the forest years and Sita's abduction), Kishkindha Kand (the alliance with Sugriva), Sundar Kand (Hanuman's journey to Lanka), Lanka Kand (the war and Ravana's defeat), and Uttar Kand (the return to Ayodhya and the teachings that follow). The text is built of chaupai couplets punctuated by doha, soratha, and chhand verses, grouped into doha-numbered segments. The complete Devanagari (Awadhi) text is reproduced here from a public-domain source. The fifth book, Sundar Kand, also ships as a standalone scripture. A best-effort Roman transliteration now accompanies every verse of all seven books, while the researched English prose rendering and Hindi commentary are being extended book by book — at present the Sundar, Aranya, and Kishkindha books carry all three layers, with the remaining books to follow in later passes.",
    hi: "श्रीरामचरितमानस सोलहवीं शताब्दी के कवि-सन्त गोस्वामी तुलसीदास द्वारा अवधी में रचित राम-कथा है — हिन्दी-क्षेत्र के भक्ति-साहित्य की सर्वाधिक प्रिय एवं पठित कृतियों में से एक। यह राम के जीवन को सात काण्डों में वर्णित करती है: बालकाण्ड (राम का जन्म, बाल्यकाल एवं सीता-विवाह), अयोध्याकाण्ड (वनवास), अरण्यकाण्ड (वन-प्रवास एवं सीता-हरण), किष्किन्धाकाण्ड (सुग्रीव से मैत्री), सुन्दरकाण्ड (हनुमान की लंका-यात्रा), लङ्काकाण्ड (युद्ध एवं रावण-वध), एवं उत्तरकाण्ड (अयोध्या-वापसी एवं उपदेश)। पाठ चौपाई, दोहा, सोरठा एवं छन्द से रचित दोहा-क्रमांकित खण्डों में है। यहाँ सम्पूर्ण देवनागरी (अवधी) पाठ एक सार्वजनिक-अधिकार स्रोत से दिया गया है। पाँचवाँ काण्ड (सुन्दरकाण्ड) एक स्वतन्त्र ग्रन्थ के रूप में भी उपलब्ध है। अब सातों काण्डों के प्रत्येक छन्द पर रोमन लिप्यन्तरण उपलब्ध है, तथा अंग्रेज़ी गद्य-अनुवाद एवं हिन्दी भावार्थ काण्ड-दर-काण्ड जोड़े जा रहे हैं — वर्तमान में सुन्दर, अरण्य एवं किष्किन्धा काण्डों में तीनों परतें सम्मिलित हैं, शेष काण्ड आगामी चरणों में।",
  },
  chapters: [
    balKand,
    ayodhyaKand,
    aranyaKand,
    kishkindhaKand,
    sundarChapter,
    lankaKand,
    uttarKand,
  ],
}

export default ramcharitmanas