Reading Notes: The Divine Archer Part A

• Dasaratha has four sons with three wives
• Kaushalya is the mother of Rama
• Kaikeyi is the mother of Bharata
• Sumitra is the mother of Lakshmana and Shatrughna
• Vedas: are a large body of text (Only the superhuman was considered able to read them) 
•  It would be interesting if the Hogwarts Library in my storybook had a copy and that is how the Patil sisters knew how to defeat Lord Ravana
• Rama and Lakshmana go with Visvamitra to fight demons when they come across the city of
  Videha, where Janaka is king (Janka is the father of Rama's future wife, Sita) 
• Kind of like the sword of Godric Griffindor, I could have the new weapon be the bow of Vishnu, which Rama strings after winning the hand of Sita 
• Simsapa tree can be my Indian version of the Whomping Willow 
• This is the tree that Lakshmana, Rama and Sita rest under after Rama's banishment 
• He places a pair of Rama's sandals to place on the king's throne until Rama's exile is over.
• Since the Deathly Hallows were instrument in defeating Lord Voldemort I know I need to find a new version of them to add to my story 
• So far I think the sandals of Rama could be one of them
• Rama and Lakshmana reject a demon women who tries to seduce them. Lakshmana then mutilates the woman and the women runs to her brother, who is Ravana
• This backstory will be important in setting my scene for my story 
• What is so important about this story in terms of my storybook is the different bows Rama weilds
• He snaps one to win Sita and he is gifted with Vishnu's bow: both of these are relevant in defeating Lord Ravana 

Here is Rama with the bow of Vishnu. Web Source

The Divine Archer by F. J. Gould (1911)