The Epic of Ram

The Epic of Ram, Volume 5 relates the story¿s three middle episodes¿Ram¿s battles with demons, the kidnapping of his wife, and his alliance with a race of marvelous monkeys¿and climaxes in Hanuman¿s journey to the island of Lanka to find Sita. This edition features the Avadhi text in the Devanagari script alongside the English translation.

About the author

Philip Lutgendorf is Professor Emeritus of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies at the University of Iowa.

Summary

The Epic of Ram, Volume 5 relates the story’s three middle episodes—Ram’s battles with demons, the kidnapping of his wife, and his alliance with a race of marvelous monkeys—and climaxes in Hanuman’s journey to the island of Lanka to find Sita. This edition features the Avadhi text in the Devanagari script alongside the English translation.

Product details

• Authors: Tulsidas
• Assisted by: Philip Lutgendorf (Translation), Lutgendorf Philip (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780674986145
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98614-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Murty Classical Library of India; Murty Classical Library of Ind
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry, HISTORY / Asia / General, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Hinduism, Asian History