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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldman, Robert P., editor.

Pollock, Sheldon I., editor.

Series:

Princeton library of Asian translations.

Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 150

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is the third volume of a planned seven-volume translation of India's most beloved and influential epic tale--the Ramayana of Valmiki. This third volume carries forward the narrative by following the exiled hero Rama, his wife, and his brother on their wanderings. The book contains the narrative center of the epic, the abduction of Sita by the demon king Ravana. It provides a profound meditation on the paradox of the hero as both human and divine.The present translation seeks to provide a readable and trustworthy English version of the poem. It is accompanied by a full commentary elucidating the philological, aesthetic, and cultural problems of the text. Extensive use is made in the annotations of the numerous commentaries on the Ramayana. The substantial introduction to this volume aims to supply a historical context for an appreciation of the poem and a critical reading exploring the ideological components of the work.The volumes of this work will present the entire Ramayana, translated for the first time on the basis of the critical edition (Oriental Institute, Baroda).

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation

Part I. Introduction

1. The Problem of the Araṇyakāṇḍa

2. Summary of the Araṇyakāṇḍa

3. The Rāmāyaṇa: Myth and Romance?

4. The Divine King of the Rāmāyaṇa

5. Rāma's Madness

6. Rākṣasas and Others

Part II. Araṇyakāṇḍa

Part III. Notes

Glossary of Important Sanskrit Words, Proper Nouns, and Epithets

Emendations and Corrections of the Critical Edition

Bibliography of Works Consulted

Index

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:

0-691-17385-0

OCLC:

979747233