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Bilanka Ramayana

Bilanka Ramayana

Bilanka Ramayana (Odia: ବିଲଙ୍କା ରାମାୟଣ, romanized: Bilaṅkā Rāmāyaṇa, pronounced Bilånkā Rāmāyåṇå), also known as Vilanka Ramayana (Sanskrit: विलङ्का रामायण, romanized: Vilaṅkā Rāmāyaṇa) is a 15th-century retelling of the Indian epic poem, the Ramayana, written by Sarala Dasa in Odia, who dedicates the work to Sāraḷā Chaṇḍī, the tutelary goddess of Jagatsinghpur in Odisha. The work is generally regarded as forming a supplementary kanda to the Odia Ramayana and is loosely based on the Adbhuta Ramayana, a Shakta version of the Ramayana in Sanskrit.