Editing Ramayana (section)

===Structure===
In its extant form, Valmiki's ''Ramayana'' is an epic poem containing over 24,000 couplet verses, divided into seven {{IAST|kāṇḍa}}s ([[Balakanda|Bālakāṇḍa]], Ayodhyakāṇḍa, Araṇyakāṇḍa, Kiṣkindakāṇḍa, [[Sundara Kanda|Sundarākāṇḍa]], Yuddhakāṇḍa, Uttarakāṇḍa), and about 500 sargas (chapters).<ref name="valmikiramayan.net"/><ref>{{cite web |first=Arshia |last=Sattar |date=29 October 2016 |url=https://scroll.in/article/820198/why-the-uttara-kanda-changes-the-way-the-ramayana-should-be-read |title=Why the Uttara Kanda changes the way the Ramayana should be read |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416204833/https://scroll.in/article/820198/why-the-uttara-kanda-changes-the-way-the-ramayana-should-be-read |archive-date=16 April 2021 |website=Scroll.in}}</ref> It is regarded as one of the longest epic poems ever written.<ref>{{Cite book |first1=Linda |last1=Egenes |title=The Ramayana: A New Retelling of Valmiki's Ancient Epic—Complete and Comprehensive |first2=Kumuda |last2=Reddy |year=2016 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-311180-1 |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref>