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vii. The Concept of Rama Avatara
The epithet of Rama has been considered as the seventh
incarnation of Lord Visnu in Indian literature. This myth of Rama
has greatly influenced Indian culture and relgion. No doubt, Janaka
is often mentioned in the Brahmana texts and the Upanisads. Such
Vedic references to Janaka lead to justify that he lived for very
long period till the closer of Rama's reign at Ayodhya. But the some
basic of references above hardly justify the existence of Rama even
during Vedic period. Perhaps as per the traditional view, Rama's
incarnation took place in the Treta Age which however is much
prior to the age of Mahabharata. It also can be said that Rama's
incarnation took place much before Vedavyasa's appearance on the
earth who has ben regarded as having divided the entire vast
treasure of Veda into four Vedas. It is known by the ancient Indian
History that Lord Vedavyasa appeared on the earth in the
Dvaparayuga. All these points lead to conclude that the extant
Vedas, that is Rgveda, Yajurveda etc. or Brahmanas and Upanisdic
texts naturally do not contain any traces to Rama's incarnation.
But, it does not mean that the story of Rama's incarnation has no
substratum in the post Vedic literature. Excluding the Ramayana
of Valmiki, the life story of Rama himself, has occupied its place
in the Puranic works of Vedavyasa himself, such as Bhagavata
Purana Agni Purana, Padma Purana, Narasimha Purana and so
on. However, there are some variant readings regarding the Rama
story, as comparing to Valmiki's Ramayana; such readings may be