With the growing of the popularity of the theme with the masses, the need for developing the same in different languages which could be well-understood by the masses arose and as a result of this, the Ramayana was composed in different languages in the country. This further contributed to its popularity. Besides this, the story impressed other religions like Buddhism and Jainism as well. Though the story of Ramayana could not become so popular with the Buddhists, nevertheless, It was included in the Jataka stories which became popular. in the Buddhist religion during a couple of centuries before and after the beginning of the Christian era and ultimately the same were relegated to oblivion.
But in the Jainism, the story of Ramayana became more and more popular with the passage of time. Evidently the process was started by about the first century A.D. by Vimala Sort who composed the Paumacaryu which served more as critical appreciation of the work of Valmiki. But in subsequent literature, the principal characters of Rama's story were included in the sixty-three slaka-purasas.
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Vedas (1375)
Upanishads (666)
Puranas (831)
Ramayana (894)
Mahabharata (328)
Dharmasastras (164)
Goddess (473)
Bhakti (243)
Saints (1275)
Gods (1290)
Shiva (330)
Journal (132)
Fiction (44)
Vedanta (323)
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