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The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume 1: Balakanda
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- Condition
- Release Year
- 1990
- Book Title
- The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume 1: B...
- ISBN
- 9780691014852
- Publication Name
- Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: an Epic of Ancient India, Volume I Vol. I : Balakāṇḍa
- Item Length
- 8.9in
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publication Year
- 1990
- Series
- Princeton Library of Asian Translations Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Width
- 6.6in
- Item Weight
- 17 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 456 Pages
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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 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."His name is Rama and he was born in the House of Iksyaku. All men know of him, for he is self-controlled, mighty, radiant steadfast, and masterful...Eloquent and majestic, he annihilates his, enemies. His shoulders are broad and his arms mighty...His brow is noble and his gait full of grace. His proportions are perfect and his limbs well-formed and symmetrical. Dark is his complexion, and he is valorous...He is renowned, learned, pure, disciplined, and contemplative...the protector of all living things and the guardian of righteousness...He is the fie is the constant resort of good men, as is the ocean of rivers...The delight gifted with every virtue. For he is deep as the ocean and as unyielding as the Himalayas...Moved by affection for him, Dasaratha, lord of the earth, wished to appoint this Rama, his beloved eldest son, as prince regent..."
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
069101485x
ISBN-13
9780691014852
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038789344
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: an Epic of Ancient India, Volume I Vol. I : Balakāṇḍa
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1990
Series
Princeton Library of Asian Translations Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
456 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.6in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
45
Lc Classification Number
Bl1139.22.E54 1990
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Goldman has chosen a translation style that is simple, direct, and very close to the text, without being prosaic. He has avoided the twin pitfalls of preciousness and pedantry. The Ramayana, as he reminds us, is a poem in a sense we have almost lost touch with: intended to be heard, easily understood, chanted in a loose and repetitive meter that permits the lapidary phrase., "Goldman has chosen a translation style that is simple, direct, and very close to the text, without being prosaic. He has avoided the twin pitfalls of preciousness and pedantry. The Ramayana, as he reminds us, is a poem in a sense we have almost lost touch with: intended to be heard, easily understood, chanted in a loose and repetitive meter that permits the lapidary phrase."-- Edwin Gerow, Journal of Asian Studies, Goldman has chosen a translation style that is simple, direct, and very close to the text, without being prosaic. He has avoided the twin pitfalls of preciousness and pedantry. The Ramayana, as he reminds us, is a poem in a sense we have almost lost touch with: intended to be heard, easily understood, chanted in a loose and repetitive meter that permits the lapidary phrase. -- Edwin Gerow, Journal of Asian Studies, "Goldman has chosen a translation style that is simple, direct, and very close to the text, without being prosaic. He has avoided the twin pitfalls of preciousness and pedantry. The Ramayana, as he reminds us, is a poem in a sense we have almost lost touch with: intended to be heard, easily understood, chanted in a loose and repetitive meter that permits the lapidary phrase." --Edwin Gerow, Journal of Asian Studies
Table of Content
List of Abbreviations ix Preface xiii Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation xix PART 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1. General Introduction 3 2. History and Historicity 14 3. Introduction to the Balakanda 60 4. The Ramayana Text and the Critical Edition by Sheldon I. Pollock 82 5. Translating the Ramayana by Leonard E. Nathan 94 6. The Translation and Annotation 96 PART II. BALAKANDA 119 Glossary of Important Proper Nouns and Epithets 271 Bibliography of Works Consulted 277 Index 291
Copyright Date
1985
Topic
Asian / Indic, Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious, Hinduism / General
Lccn
89-029042
Dewey Decimal
294.592
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Religion, Poetry, Literary Collections
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