{"product_id":"the-life-of-padma-2","title":"The Life of Padma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of the oldest extant work in Apabhramsha, a literary language from medieval India, recounting the story of the Ramayana.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Padma\u003c\/i\u003e, or the \u003ci\u003ePaümacariu\u003c\/i\u003e, is a richly expressive Jain retelling in the Apabhramsha language of the famous Ramayana tale. The work was written by the poet and scholar Svayambhudeva, who lived in south India around the beginning of the tenth century. Like the epic tradition on which it is based, \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Padma\u003c\/i\u003e narrates Prince Rama’s exile, his search for his wife Sita after her abduction by King Ravana of Lanka, and the restoration of his kingship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Padma\u003c\/i\u003e begins by recounting the histories and noteworthy ancestors of Rama’s allies and enemies, focusing on his antagonist, Ravana. Svayambhudeva connects central characters from the Ramayana tradition to one another and to Rishabha, the founding prophet of Jainism, in a complex web of family relations dating back generations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first direct translation into English of the oldest extant work in Apabhramsha, accompanied by a corrected reprint in the Devanagari script of Harivallabh C. Bhayani’s critical edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220484280664,"sku":"9780674660366","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674660366.jpg?v=1777064433","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-life-of-padma-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}