The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I : Balakāṇḍa / Robert P. Goldman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vālmīki.

Contributor:

Goldman, Robert P., editor.

Series:

Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 146

Standardized Title:

Rāmāyaṇa. English

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

1st Princeton pbk. ed. without annotations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is the first of seven volumes of a translation of the Valmiki Ramayana, the great Sanskrit epic of the life of Rama, ideal man and incarnation of the great god Visnu. This renowned work of ancient India has profoundly affected the literature, art, religions, and cultures of countless millions of people in South and Southeast Asiaan influence that is perhaps unparalleled in the history of world literature. Balakanda, the opening portion of this first translation to be based on the critical edition (Oriental Institute, Baroda), is presented here in a compact volume without the section of notes that appears in the hardcover book.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation

Part I. Introduction

1. General Introduction

2. History and Historicity

3. Introduction to the Bālakāṇḍa

4. The Rāmāyaṇa Text and the Critical Edition / Pollock, Sheldon I.

5. Translating the Rāmāyaṇa / Nathan, Leonard E.

6. The Translation and Annotation

Part II. Bālakāṇḍa

Glossary of Important Proper Nouns and Epithets

Bibliography of Works Consulted

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN:

0-691-06561-6

OCLC:

1016855894