Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: Bāla-kāṇḍa, Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa

Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: Bāla-kāṇḍa, Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa PDF Author: Vālmīki
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Category : Epic poetry, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 610

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Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: Bāla-kāṇḍa, Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa

Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: Bāla-kāṇḍa, Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa PDF Author: Vālmīki
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Category : Epic poetry, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 610

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Bala Kanda

Bala Kanda PDF Author: Vālmīki
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Languages : en
Pages : 534

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The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki

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Languages : en
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The Ramayana of Valmiki

The Ramayana of Valmiki PDF Author: Vālmīki
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Languages : en
Pages : 534

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Bāla-kānḍạ and Ayodhyā-kānḍạ

Bāla-kānḍạ and Ayodhyā-kānḍạ PDF Author: Vālmīki
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Category : Rāma (Hindu deity)
Languages : en
Pages : 2096

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Srimad Ramayana

Srimad Ramayana PDF Author: Vālmīki
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ISBN: 9780954749606
Category : Rāma (Hindu deity)
Languages : en
Pages : 299

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In this the second book of 'Shrimad ROamOayana' the reasons for the 'ill-fated travel' of Lord ROama are described."

RAMAYANA The Poisonous Tree

RAMAYANA The Poisonous Tree PDF Author: Ranganayakamma
Publisher: Sweet Home Publications
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Category : Art
Languages : en
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As the title indicates, this book is a critical study of an Indian epic, ëThe Ramayanaí. It proceeds in the same order as that of Sanskrit original consisting of : Bala kanda, Ayodhya kanda, Aranya kanda, Kishkindha kanda, Sundara kanda, Yuddha kanda and Uttara kanda. While Valmikiís Ramayana is composed of about 24,000 slokas (verses), ëRamayana the Poisonous Treeí consists of 16 stories, long and short, accompanied by 11 ëlinksí (narratives that ëlinkí the stories) and 504 foot-notes that show evidence from the Sanskrit original in support of the critique. Besides the main components of the text, this book has a long ëPrefaceí discussing the social essence of the epic in the context of history of evolution of human society from the ancient times to the modern times. The book also offers a critical review of the works of ësome earlier critics of Ramayanaí. The authoress describes Ramayana as a Poisonous Tree because it defends the autocratic rule of the kings against the people, their imperial expansion by invading other weak kingdoms, exploitation of the poor by the rich, oppression of lower castes by upper castes, aggression of the civilized non-tribal communities against primitive tribal communities, male chauvinism against women, superstitious beliefs against the rational thinking, fathersí domination over sons, elder brothersí superiority over younger brothers and so on. She substantiated her arguments by providing hundreds of foot notes from the Sanskrit original. She characterizes the culture of Ramayana as predominantly ëfeudalí in nature with an admixture of remnants of primitive ëtribalí culture. The book, it is hoped, will be of interest to both academic and non-academic circles. It is relevant to the students, teachers and researchers who are connected with such disciplines as South Asian Studies, Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature, Comparative Religions, Indology, Literary Criticism and so on. It is also relevant to the social and political activists who would like to disseminate ëprogressiveí ideas among the people who are subjected to various forms of inequality: Class, Caste, Gender, Race, Ethnicity. Ranganayakamma (born 1939) is a writer of novels, stories and essays in Telugu. She has published about 60 books.

Bala Kanda

Bala Kanda PDF Author: Vālmīki
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Languages : en
Pages : 560

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Valmiki's Uttara Kanda

Valmiki's Uttara Kanda PDF Author:
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538104210
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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The last and most intriguing book of the Ramayana, the Uttara Kanda is rendered here by noted Sanskrit scholar Arshia Sattar in vivid, sensuous detail. First composed around 500 BCE, it tells the story of an unjustly exiled prince, the abduction of his wife from the forest by a ten-headed demon king, his alliance with a band of magical monkeys, and the internal and external battles he must fight to win back his wife and keep her. India’s great Sanskrit epic brings to readers the classic dilemmas every individual faces: love versus duty, destiny and free will, the public and the private self, the pull of family, and the right to personal happiness. These universal problems are layered with the quintessentially Indian ideas of karma (action) and dharma (duty).The book explores what it means to be human in a complex and demanding world, considering the parameters and contexts in which we make the decisions that will determine the color and tenor of our lives, the choices that make us who we are. It also offers a great, albeit tragic, love story—a story of the demands and pressures of love and how we might fail those that we love most. Accompanied by Sattar’s thoughtful essays weighing the moral complexity of this most enduring of epics, this translation crystallizes her deep and intimate knowledge of the Ramayana in a way that is utterly compelling.

The Two-Headed Deer

The Two-Headed Deer PDF Author: Joanna Williams
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520321820
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 604

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.