The life of Padma / Svayambhudeva ; edited and translated by Eva De Clercq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Svayambhū, author.

Contributor:

Clercq, Eva De, editor, translator.

Series:

Murty classical library of India ; 17, 35.

Murty classical library of India ; MCLI 17, 35

Language:

English

Maithili

Subjects (All):

Rāma (Hindu deity)--Poetry.

Rāma.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Local Subjects:

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry

Poetry.

Physical Description:

volumes ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018-

Language Note:

English and Apabhramsha on facing pages. Introduction in English.

Summary:

The Life of Padma, or the Paümacariu, 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, The Life of Padma 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. The first volume of The Life of Padma 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. This 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.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

v. 1. Book of the Vidyadharas

v. 2. Book of Ayodhya

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 699-702) and index.

Contains:

Container of: Svayambhū. Paumacariyu.

Container of: Svayambhū. Paumacariyu. English.

ISBN:

9780674660366

0674660366

9780674271234

0674271238

OCLC:

984899024

Publisher Number:

40027808551