03209nam 22004815 450 991015429790332120190708092533.00-691-17385-010.1515/9781400883110(CKB)3710000000948609(MiAaPQ)EBC4753446(DE-B1597)474182(OCoLC)979747233(DE-B1597)9781400883110(EXLCZ)99371000000094860920190708d2016 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume III Aranyakāṇḍa /Sheldon I. Pollock, Robert P. GoldmanPrinceton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]©19911 online resource (416 pages) illustrationsPrinceton Library of Asian Translations ;1500-691-06660-4 1-4008-8311-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexThis 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).Princeton library of Asian translations.Rāma (Hindu deity)Rāma (Hindu deity)294.5922Goldman Robert P., Pollock Sheldon I., DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910154297903321The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume III3084556UNINA