02819nam 22005175 450 991015463890332120190708092533.00-691-06561-610.1515/9781400884551(CKB)3710000000951411(MiAaPQ)EBC4768013(OCoLC)1016855894(MdBmJHUP)muse56411(DE-B1597)477791(OCoLC)979595710(DE-B1597)9781400884551(EXLCZ)99371000000095141120190708d2016 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I Balakāṇḍa /Robert P. Goldman1st Princeton pbk. ed. without annotations.Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]©19851 online resource (328 pages)Princeton Library of Asian Translations ;1460-691-01485-X 1-4008-8455-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- BackmatterThis 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.RELIGION / Hinduism / GeneralbisacshElectronic books. RELIGION / Hinduism / General.294.5/922Vālmīki636731Goldman Robert P., DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910154638903321The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I2866989UNINA