Ramayana

• Bharta - Brother of Rama and sons of Kaikeyi
• Dasharatha - Rama's father and King of Ayodha
• Hanuman - devout and Rama and a leading warriors among monkey tribe
• Jatayu - great bird who was killed by Ravana while rescuing Sita
• Kaikeyi - Dashartha's youngest queen and mother of Harata who asked for Rama's Exile
• Kausalya - Dasharatha's queen and Rama's mother
• Kush & Lava - Sons of Rama and Sita
• Laxman - queen Sumitra’s son and Rama's brother
• Manthara - maid servent of kaikeyi who convinced her Bharata’s throne and exile of ram
• Maricha - assumed the form of a golden dear and helped abduct sita.
• Ravana - ten headed king of lanka, who abducted sita; brother of vibhishana & Surpanakha
• Shatrughna - rama's younger brother
• Shiva - hindu lord, whose bow was lifted by Rama
• Supernakha - Ravana’s sister whose ears and nose

  were cut by Laxman
• Sita - daugther of Janaka and wife of Rama
• Sumitra - wife of dashratha; Mother of Laxman & Shatrughna
• Sushen - lankan physician, who advised Sanjivani herb sfrom Kailas mountain in order to cure laxman.
• Tataka - demoness (rakshas) killed by Rama, mother of Maricha
• Valmiki - great poet and creator of Ramayana sage who helped sita and her two son Lava - Kush stay at her ashram
• Vibhishana - ravana's brother who leaves lanka to join Rama and later become king of lanka.
• Vishnu - Hindu lord; rama is considered as seventh incarnation oF lord vishnu
• Janaka - father of sita; king in the citty of Mithila.
• Dasharatha - king of Kosala
• Kausalya - eldest queen, mother of Rama 
• Vishnu - a deity 
• Vashishtha - a priest
• Vishwamitra - revered sage
• Ravana - a powerful king of Rakshasa (an island of Ceylon, south of India)
• Janaka - a saintly king who received a bow of Lord Siva
• Kosala - an ancient kingdom in Uttar Pradesh
• Ayodhya - capital of Kosala
• Dandaka - forest where Rakshasi Tadaka lived with her son, Maricha
• manifest - to present 
• revered sage - respected thinker
• taken aback - alarmed 
• helter skelter - in confusion or disorder 
• ensued - happened 
• ashram - a place for religious retreat
• assented - agreed 
• dignitaries - people who hold high ranks or important positions