The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume V : : Sundarakāṇḍa / / ed. by Robert P. Goldman, Sally J. Sutherland Goldman.
The fifth and most popular book of the Ramayana of Valmiki, the Sundarakanda, recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hanuman in leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. Once there, he scours the city for the abducted Princess Siti. The poet vividly describes the opulence of the c...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Library of Asian Translations ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (608 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. The Position of the Sundarakāṇḍa
- 2. Synopsis of the Sundarakāṇḍa
- 3. The Structure and Contents of the Sundarakāṇḍa
- 4. The Characters of the Sundarakāṇḍa
- 5. A Tale of Three Cities: Ayodhyā, Kiṣkindhā, and Lan̄kā
- 6. The Name of the Sundarakāṇḍa
- 7. The Destiny of the Sundarakāṇḍa
- 8. Text, Translation, and Commentaries
- Part II. Sundarakāṇḍa
- Part III. Notes
- Glossary of Important Sanskrit Words, Proper Nouns, and Epithets
- Bibliography of Works Consulted
- Index