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Is the story of Sita's banishment present in any scriptures other than Valmiki Ramayana?

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 6 down vote favorite The story of Mother Sita's banishment by Sri Rama present in the Uttara Khanda of the Valmiki Ramayana, is perhaps the most controversial part of Sri Rama's story. Many Hindu acharyas and scholars have argued that the story of Maa Sita's banishment is an interpolation, added centuries later. There are some scriptural arguembts on both sides of course but that's not the subject of my question. I want to know whether any texts other than Valmiki's Ramayana mentions Mother Sita's second exile? I know neither the Ramcharitmanas nor the Mahabharata mentions this story but what about the Puranas? Do they mention Mother Sita's second exile? puranas ramayana rama sita valmiki share | improve this question asked 13 hours ago Surya Kanta Bose Chowdhury 5,443 3 9 47 add a comment  |  up vote 6 down vote favorite The story of Mother Sita's bani...

What was the point of the exercise at the start of Way of the Warrior

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Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP .everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0; up vote 1 down vote favorite At the beginning of Way of the Warrior the entire DS9 crew is busy flushing out a Changeling in what turns out to be a drill. But the whole thing ends when Odo grabs Dr Bashir by his shoulder, in a pretty indistinct part of The Promenade. What was the point of this drill? He just grabs Dr Bashir for some reason and the drill is complete. star-trek star-trek-ds9 share | improve this question asked 5 hours ago 1252748 985 1 12 25 add a comment  |  up vote 1 down vote favorite At the beginning of Way of the Warrior the entire DS9 crew is busy flushing out a Changeling in what turns out to be a drill. But the whole thing ends when Odo grabs Dr Bashir by his shoulder, in a pretty indistinct part of The Promenade. What was the point of this drill? He just gra...