Transcriber's Note

This book was transcribed from two scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. Words in italics in this etext were italicized in the original book. I have corrected obvious misspellings but I've left variant spellings alone. Inconsistent spellings of names and incorrect punctuation have been fixed.

THE

RĀMĀYANA.

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH PROSE FROM THE ORIGINAL SANSKRIT OF VALMIKI.

UTTARAKĀNDAM.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY

MANMATHA NATH DUTT, M.A.

CALCUTTA

1894

To

His Highness

SRI PATMANABHA DASA VYNCHI BALA SIR RAMA VARMA

KULASEKHARA KIRITAPATI MANNEY SULTAN

MAHARAJA RAJA RAMRAJA BAHABUR SHAMSHIR JUNG

KNIGHT GRAND COMMANDER OF MOST

EMINENT ORDER OF THE STAR OF INDIA.

Maharaja of Travancore

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

MANMATHA NATH DUTT.

In testimony of his veneration for His Highness and in

Grateful acknowledgement of the distinction conferred upon

Him while in His Highness' capital, and the great pecuniary

Help rendered by his Highness in publishing this work.