Ramayana : footprints in South-East Asian culture and heritage : Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar / Anita Bose ; translated by Subhankar Bose, Dr Ruchika Yogesh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bose, Anita, 1971- author.

Contributor:

Bose, Subhankar, translator.

Yogesh, Ruchika, translator.

Rosengarten International Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization--Indic influences.

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Vālmīki.

Southeast Asia--Civilization--Indic influences.

Southeast Asia.

Civilization.

Rāmāyaṇa (Vālmīki).

Physical Description:

173 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First impression.

Place of Publication:

Kolkata, India : Bee Books, 2019.

Summary:

The Kakawin Ramayana of Java and Bali associates people of Islam in it while in countries like Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Philippines, plays based on Ramayana are a regularity. From painings to sculptures, from literature to the ethos of royal administration, from rituals of coronation to cremation, from local dance to grand ceremony the impact of Ramayana is prominent all over south-east Asia and this book provides a detailed analysis for the same.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-173).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.

ISBN:

9788194153696

8194153697

OCLC:

1134775187