The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume II : Ayodhyakāṇḍa / Robert P. Goldman, Sheldon I. Pollock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldman, Robert P., editor.

Pollock, Sheldon I., editor.

Series:

Princeton Library of Asian translations.

Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 149

Standardized Title:

Rāmāyaṇa. English

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa--Commentaries.

Mythology, Indic.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 PDF (xviii, 560 pages).)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 political values of traditional India. This readable translation is accompanied by commentary that elucidates the various problems of the text-philological, aesthetic, and cultural. The annotations make extensive use of the numerous commentaries on the Rāmāyaṇa composed in medieval India. The substantial introduction supplies a historical context for the poem and a critical reading that explores its literary and ideological components.

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

Glossary of Important Proper Nouns and Epithets

Emendations and Corrections of the Critical Edition

Bibliography of Works Consulted

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [535]-548) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-8310-5

OCLC:

1016822383