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'''Shri Ram Vijaya''' is a popular devotional literature composed by [[Shridhar Swami Nazarekar]] (1658-1729) in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and selections | page=371 | author= Ayyappappanikkar | year =1997}}</ref>
It literally means 'Victory to Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu'. <ref>{{cite book|title = The New Brahmans: Five Maharashtrian Families|author = Dinakar Dhondo Karve|publisher = University of California Press|year=1963|url=https://archive.org/details/newbrahmansfivem00karv|url-access = registration|page = [https://archive.org/details/newbrahmansfivem00karv/page/19 19]|quote=He mentions Harivijay (Victory to God Hari [Shiva]), Ramavijay (Victory to Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), Shivlilamrit (The Nectar of Shiva's Play), and Laghu-Guru-Charitra (The Story of Guru [the God Dattatreya]). These collections of legends about gods and supernatural figures are typical of traditional Marathi vernacular literature. The first three are by Shridhar (1678- 1728), the most prolific of marathi poets.}}</ref>
==Introduction==

The "Shri Ramavijaya" is divided into 40 chapters("adhyaya" in Marathi) and is composed of 9147 couplets ("ovis" in Marathi).<ref>{{cite book|title=Shri Ram Vijay|year=2013|publisher=Gita Press|language=Marathi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Shri Ramvijay|year=2011|author=Shridhar Swami|editor=D.A.Ghaisas|language=Marathi|publisher=Keshav Bhikaji Dhavale}}</ref>
In 1891, the "Shri Ramvijaya" was retold in the English language and published by Dubhashi&Co, Bombay.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ramvijaya: The mythological story of Rama|year=1891|publisher=Dubhashi&co|url=https://archive.org/details/RamaVijaya}}</ref>

Until the early 20th century, it was common to recite the Ramvijaya in a gathering of women in middle class Marathi speaking families.<ref name="BoseBose2004">{{cite book|author1=Mandakranta Bose|title=The Ramayana Revisited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ar2Qfr-UeQC&pg=PA262|date=30 September 2004|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-516832-7|pages=262–}}</ref>

==References==
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Ramavijaya - Revision history

->Venkat TL: Venkat TL moved page Shri Ramavijaya to Ramavijaya: Shri is not always added. Archive org has a book with only Ramavijaya title