Samvad

(“dialogue”) Technical term for the
speaking parts in the Ramnagar Ram
Lila, a dramatic presentation of the
Ramayana staged annually at the fortified town of Ramnagar, near Benares.
The dialogues are interspersed with
recitations from the Ramcharitmanas,
a vernacular retelling of the Ramayana
written by the poet-saint Tulsidas
(1532–1623?), and render the archaic
language of the Ramcharitmanas into
modern vernacular Hindi. The action in
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Samvad
the Ram Lila alternates between contemporary and archaic text.