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Rāmacaritamānasa · c. 1574–1577 CE (traditional composition) · Avadhi
Traditional: Gosvāmī Tulsīdās
Scholarly note: Avadhi retelling shaping North Indian Rāma bhakti.
Bring Rāma’s story to vernacular devotees with moral and mystical instruction.
Extent · Seven kāṇḍas (caupāī + dohā)
Bālakāṇḍa through Uttarakāṇḍa mirroring Vālmīki arcs with Tulsīdās’s theology.