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Glossary

Short terms for devotees — not a scholarly dictionary.

• Sundar Kand सुंदरकांड

  The beautiful canto of Ramcharitmanas centered on Hanuman’s leap, search for Sita, and Lanka.

• Chalisa चालीसा

  Forty chaupai verses of praise to Hanuman by Tulsidas, with opening and closing dohas.

• Chaupai चौपाई

  A quatrain metre used extensively in Ramcharitmanas.

• Doha दोहा

  A couplet form framing many Manas episodes.

• Parayan पारायण

  Scheduled complete reading of a text over days.

• Japa जप

  Repetition of a mantra with count (mālā).

• Path-assist TTS पाठ-सहायक श्रवण

  Neural speech for following the text — not classical pāṭh recitation.

• Twin-text द्वि-पाठ

  Alignment of Manas Awadhi with Valmiki Sanskrit Sundarakanda passages.