About this title: 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 Asia -- an 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 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780691014852ISBN:069101485X
Description: Very Good. 069101485x. Bumped corner, otherwise text clean and solid; Princeton Library of Asian Translations; 0.74 x 9.22 x 6.02 Inches; 302 pages; 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 Asia--an influence ... read more
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