LEADER 02819nam 22005175 450 001 9910154638903321 005 20190708092533.0 010 $a0-691-06561-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400884551 035 $a(CKB)3710000000951411 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4768013 035 $a(OCoLC)1016855894 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse56411 035 $a(DE-B1597)477791 035 $a(OCoLC)979595710 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400884551 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000951411 100 $a20190708d2016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe R?m?ya?a of V?lm?ki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I $eBalak???a /$fRobert P. Goldman 205 $a1st Princeton pbk. ed. without annotations. 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ : $cPrinceton University Press, $d[2016] 210 4$d©1985 215 $a1 online resource (328 pages) 225 0 $aPrinceton Library of Asian Translations ;$v146 311 $a0-691-01485-X 311 $a1-4008-8455-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tPreface -- $tGuide to Sanskrit Pronunciation -- $tPart I. Introduction -- $t1. General Introduction -- $t2. History and Historicity -- $t3. Introduction to the B?lak???a -- $t4. The R?m?ya?a Text and the Critical Edition / $rPollock, Sheldon I. -- $t5. Translating the R?m?ya?a / $rNathan, Leonard E. -- $t6. The Translation and Annotation -- $tPart II. B?lak???a -- $tGlossary of Important Proper Nouns and Epithets -- $tBibliography of Works Consulted -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aRELIGION / Hinduism / General$2bisacsh 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aRELIGION / Hinduism / General. 676 $a294.5/922 700 $aVa?lmi?ki$0636731 702 $aGoldman$b Robert P., 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154638903321 996 $aThe R?m?ya?a of V?lm?ki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I$92866989 997 $aUNINA