The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I : : Balakāṇḍa / / ed. by Robert P. Goldman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• HerausgeberIn: Goldman, Robert P.,
• MitwirkendeR: Nathan, Leonard E.,; Pollock, Sheldon I.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 146
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.)

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 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.

Table of Contents

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 -- 5. Translating the Rāmāyaṇa -- 6. The Translation and Annotation -- Part II. Bālakāṇḍa -- Glossary of Important Proper Nouns and Epithets -- Bibliography of Works Consulted -- Index -- Backmatter