The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume II : : Ayodhyakāṇḍa / / ed. by Robert P. Goldman, Sheldon I. Pollock.
This is the second volume of a translation of India's most beloved and influential epic saga, the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki. Of the seven sections of this great Sanskrit masterpiece, the Ayodhyakāṇḍa is the most human, and it remains one of the best introductions to the social and politica...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©1986 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Library of Asian Translations ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (584 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. Prelude to the Ayodhyākāṇḍa
- 2. Synopsis of the Ayodhyākāṇḍa
- 3. The Central Issues
- 4. A Problem of Narrative and Its Significance
- 5. The Philosophy
- 6. Aesthetic and Literary-Historical Considerations
- 7. The Characters
- 8. The Women of the Ayodhyākāṇḍa
- 9. Daśaratha
- 10. Rāma
- 11. The Text, Annotations, and Translation
- Part II. Ayodhyākāṇḍa
- Sarga 1 - Sarga 50
- Sarga 51 - Sarga 111
- Part III. Notes
- Sarga 1 - Sarga 50
- Sarga 51 - Sarga 111
- Glossary of Important Proper Nouns and Epithets
- Emendations and Corrections of the Critical Edition
- Bibliography of Works Consulted
- Index
- Backmatter