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Prince of Ayodhya
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Ashok K Banker
The original Ramayana was written three thousand years ago by a reformed thief-turned-sage named Valmiki. Now, with breathtaking imagination and brilliant storytelling, Indian writer Ashok K. Banker has recreated this epic for modern readers everywhere. Ayodhya the Unconquerable: legendary capital of warriors and seers. Never invaded, never ...
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The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic
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Ramesh Menon
Still an integral part of India's cultural and religious expression, "The "Ramayana" was originally composed by the Sanskrit poet Valmiki around 300 BC. Retold here by Ramesh Menon in modern prose, it concerns the exiled Prince Rama's struggle to rescue his wife from a demon and reclaim his thrown.
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Concise Ramayana Valmiki
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Swami Venkatesananda, Swami Venkatesananda (Translator), Valmiki
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The Adventures of Rama: With Illustrations from a Sixteenth-Century Mughal Manuscript
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Milo Cleveland Beach
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The Ramayana Revisited
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Mandakranta Bose
While the "standard" version of the Ramayana is a 14th-century Sanskrit text by Valmiki, the diversity and adaptability of this narrative are extraordinary. Many regions and languages have their own versions of the tale that they consider authoritative. In addition, the basic tale of the Ramayana is continually adapted to new contexts, forms, and ...
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Ramayana
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Valmiki
One of India's two greatest epics, "The Ramayana pervades the country's moral and cultural consciousness. For generations it has served as a bedtime story for Indian children, while at same time engaging the interest of philosophers and theologians. Now this magnificent translation makes the monumental work available to a new audience.
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Joothan: An Untouchable's Life
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Omaprakasa Valmiki, Arun Prabha Mukherjee, Omprakash Valmiki
Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a ...
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The Ramayana and the Mahabharata Condensed Into English Verse
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Romesh C Dutt (Translator)
Two great epics of the ancient Hindus offer a realistic image of Indian civilization and culture of India 3,000 years ago: the "Ramayana," recounting the adventures of a banished prince, and the "Mahabharata," based on the legends surrounding a war. Condensed version features selections linked with short notes.
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Epic mythology
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E Washburn Hopkins
The book is divided into 9 chapters. Ch. 1 Date of Epic Poetry and analyses the concepts associated with Divinity. Chs. 2 and 3: Lower Mythology; Deification of Rivers, Trees, Groves, Mountains, etc. as well as Raksasas, Yatudhanas, Oisacas and Asuras. Chs. 4 & 5: Origin of Gods and their characteristics. Chs. 6 - 9 : Divine and Earthly seers the ...
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Many Ramayanas: Diversity of Narrative Tradition So. Asia
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Paula Richman (Editor)
Throughout Indian history, many authors and performers have produced, and many patrons have supported, diverse tellings of the story of the exiled prince Rama, who rescues his abducted wife by battling the demon king who has imprisoned her. The contributors to this volume focus on these "many" "Ramayanas." While most scholars continue to rely on ...
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Joothan: An Untouchable's Life
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Omprakash Valmiki, Arun Prabha Mukherjee (Translator)
Omprakash Valmiki describes his life as an untouchable, or Dalit, in the newly independent India of the 1950s. "Joothan" refers to scraps of food left on a plate, destined for the garbage or animals. India's untouchables have been forced to accept and eat joothan for centuries, and the word encapsulates the pain, humiliation, and poverty of a ...
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The Ramayana
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Elizabeth Seeger, Gordon Laite
Relates the wanderings of Rama, the king's son and heir, during his fourteen years of banishment from his father's house.
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The Ramayana of Valmiki : an epic of ancient India
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Valmiki, Robert P. Goldman, Sheldon I. Pollock
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 ...
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The Ramayana and Hinduism
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Anita Ganeri
Sacred Texts is an extraordinary introduction to six of the world's most prominent religions. Each book examines a holy text in depth as well as its context within the origins, beliefs, and rituals of the religion. Through stories, artwork, and photos, readers will gain an appreciation for the majesty and beauty of the world's religions.
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Valmiki's Ramayana
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Subba Rao
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Epic India; or, India as described in the Mahabharata and the Ramayana
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Chintaman Vinayak Vaidya
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Ramayana Stories in Modern South India: An Anthology
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Paula Richman (Editor)
While some religious texts may remain static over time, the "Ramayana" epic has been retold in a variety of ways over the centuries and across South Asia. Some of the narrative's most probing and innovative re-tellings have appeared in print in the last 100 years in the region of South India. This collection brings together, for the first time, ...
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The Ramayana for Young Readers
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Milly Acharya, Valmiki
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Rama: The Legend
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B Albers Jackson, Ashok Bhadana (Illustrator)
Ramayana is not just a literary monument, it is held in such reverence that the mere reading or hearing of it can set individuals free from sin and grant every desire to the reader or hearer. In this retelling of Ramayana, author Dr. Barbara Jackson enlightens and enables the reader to understand the righteous path (dharma) for the life on earth.
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Epic Threads: John Brockington on the Sanskrit Epics
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John Brockington, Mary Brockington (Editor), Gregory J Bailey (Editor)
Professor J.L. Brockington is recognized as one of the world's most eminent scholars in the field of Ramayana studies. This volume collects, with some revisions, the more important articles he has written since 1969 on the Ramayana of Valmiki. These articles focus on linguistic features and style, formulaic expression and proverbs, manuscript ...
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Ramayana Book Two: Ayodhya
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Valmiki, Sheldon Pollock (Translator)
The king decides to abdicate in favor of Rama; but just as the celebrations reach their climax, a court intrigue forces Rama and Sita into fourteen years banishment; they dutifully accept their fate, and go off to the jungle. The other brothers refuse to benefit from his misfortune, which leaves nobody to run the city; eventually one of them is ...
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Hanuman in the Ramayana of Valmiki and the Ramacaritamanasa of Tulasi Dasa
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Catherine Ludvik
The monkey-god Hanuman, one of contemporary Hinduism's most popular deities, has a long history in Indian art and literature. This study traces Hanuman's gradual evolution from his role as helper and messenger of Rama in the Valmiki Ramayana in the 3rd Century B.C.E. to his more dominant function in Tulsi Dasa's Ramacaritamanasa, written circa ...
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The Ramayana through Western eyes
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J. C. Shaw, Valmiki
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Ramayana Book One: Boyhood
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Valmiki, Valmiki Goldman, Robert P Goldman (Editor)
Rama, the crown prince of the City of Ayodhya, is a model son and warrior. He is sent by his father the king to rescue a sage from persecution by demons, but must first kill a fearsome ogress. That done, he drives out the demons, restores peace, and attends a tournament in the neighboring city of Mithila; here he bends the bow that no other ...
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Ramayana traditions in eastern India : Assam, Bengal, Orissa
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W. L. Smith
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