Read more
List of contents
Foreword by U Than Swe Part I Introductory Essays 1. Introduction to the Thiri Rama 2. Myanmar Ramayana Text and Presentation 3. Myanmar Ramayana: Early History and Thai Influence 4. A Note on the Myanmar Text of Thiri Rama Part II The Thiri Rama, Myanmar Ramayana Court Drama 5. The Story in Brief The Thiri Rama (The Great Royal Drama) (Rama Nan-dwin Pya Zat Taw Gyī), Tin Maung Kyi, trans. Volume One: Before the Exile; Volume Two: During the Exile; Volume Three: After the Exile
About the author
Dawn F. Rooney is an art historian specializing in Southeast Asian culture. She is the author of eleven books on the subject, ranging from guides to Angkor (Cambodia) and Sukhothai (Thailand) to ceramics of the region and Thai Buddhist art. She was a scholar-in-residence at the Rockefeller Foundation Study Center, Bellagio, Italy, and is Advisor to the Society for Asian Art at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, lecturer at the Southeast Asia module of the post-diploma course at SOAS, University of London, and part of the editorial board of the Oriental Society of Australia.
Summary
The Thiri Rama — or the Great Rama — was written for court performance and is the only known illustrated version of the Ramayana story in Myanmar. Based on palm-leaf manuscripts and scenes carved on over 300 sandstone plaques at a mid-19th century Buddhist pagoda west of Mandalay in Myanmar, this book presents an original translation of the Thiri Rama rendered in prose.
