Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume III
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A. K. Ramanujan
Agastya
Ancient India
Andhaka
Apsara
Arundhati (Hinduism)
Asceticism
Ashram
Asura
Ayodhya
Bharata (Ramayana)
Brahma
Brahmanism
Brahmin
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Consecration
Dasharatha
Epic poetry
Epithet
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Gandharva
Gayatri Mantra
Hanuman
Hindu mythology
Historical Vedic religion
Indian epic poetry
Janaka
Jayadeva
Kabandha
Kaikeyi
Kalidasa
Khara (Ramayana)
King of the Gods
Kinnara
Kshatriya
Kubera
Lanka
Manthara
Master of the World (novel)
Mendicant
Poetry
Prahasta
Pulaha (sage)
Pulastya
Rajasekhara
Ramananda
Ravana
Righteousness
Rite
Sanskrit
Sanskrit literature
Sarama (Ramayana)
Shakespearean tragedy
Shraddhadeva Manu
Subahu
Sugriva
Superiority (short story)
Surasa
The Ashram
Tirtha (Jainism)
Trijata
Trisiras
Tulsidas
U. R. Ananthamurthy
Valmiki
Vasuki
Vedas
Vedic mythology
Viradha
Visravas
Yajna
Yama (Hinduism)
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- ISBN 9780691173856
- Weight: 595g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 06 Sep 2016
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is the third volume of a planned seven-volume translation of India's most beloved and influential epic tale--the Ramayana of Valmiki. This third volume carries forward the narrative by following the exiled hero Rama, his wife, and his brother on their wanderings. The book contains the narrative center of the epic, the abduction of Sita by the demon king Ravana. It provides a profound meditation on the paradox of the hero as both human and divine. The present translation seeks to provide a readable and trustworthy English version of the poem. It is accompanied by a full commentary elucidating the philological, aesthetic, and cultural problems of the text. Extensive use is made in the annotations of the numerous commentaries on the Ramayana. The substantial introduction to this volume aims to supply a historical context for an appreciation of the poem and a critical reading exploring the ideological components of the work. The volumes of this work will present the entire Ramayana, translated for the first time on the basis of the critical edition (Oriental Institute, Baroda).
