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This volume examines The R¿m¿yäa traditions of South India and Southeast Asia. The three parts of this volume, organized as visual, literary, and performance cultures, discuss the sculpted, painted, inscribed, written, recited, and performed R¿m¿yäas.
List of contents
Prologue
Acknowledgements
IntroductionExploring the Epic's Multivalence: R¿m¿yäas in Visual, Literary, and Performance Cultures
Parul Pandya DharI. Visual Cultures: Sculptures, Paintings, and Inscriptions1. The R¿m¿yäa Retold by Sculptors and Scribes in pre-Vijayanagara Karnataka
Parul Pandya Dhar2. Stone, Wood, Paint: R¿ma-Story Representations throughout Southeast Asia
John Brockington3. Looking for R¿ma: Traces of the R¿m¿yäa in Temples of the Pallava Dynasty
Valérie Gillet4. R¿m¿yäa Retold in Khmer sculpture with Special Reference to the Yuddhak¿¿¿a, c. 10th-12th centuries
Rachel Loizeau5. R¿m¿yäa Bronzes and Sculptures from the C¿¿a to Vijayanagara Times
Sharada Srinivasan6. Mighty Messenger: Adaptation and Localization of Hanum¿n and the R¿m¿yäa in Southeast Asia
Gauri Parimoo Krishnan7. The R¿m¿yäa Paintings of the M¿liruñc¿lai Temple: Nationalism under the Spell of Regionalism
RKK Rajarajan8. Expressions of the R¿m¿yäa Epic in Malaysian Arts
Cheryl ThiruchelvamII. Literary Cultures: Texts, Recitation, and Associated Imagery9. The Discourse on Governance and Ethics as a Leitmotif in the Old Javanese R¿m¿yäa or R¿m¿yäa Kakawin
Malini Saran10. Thai R¿mak¿en: Its Close Links with South India
Chirapat Prapandvidya11. From Kanauj to Laos: Development of the 'Floating Maiden' Episode in the Southeast Asian R¿ma Tradition
Mary Brockington12. Making of a Language and the Making of a Bhakti Text: The Story of the Composition of Tun¿at Ezhuttä¿an's Adhy¿tma R¿m¿yää Ki¿ipp¿¿¿u
A J Thomas13. Kumaran Asan's 'Cint¿vi¿¿ay¿ya S¿t¿', S¿t¿, Deep in Thought, a Translation
Sudha Gopalakrishnan14. Mabasan R¿m¿yäa, a Continuous Retelling of the R¿m¿yäa in Bali
Thomas M HunterIII. Performance Cultures: Theatre, Puppetry, and Folk Practices15. Representations of R¿väa in a Kathakal¿ Piece and a Mythological Drama
Paula Richman16. The R¿m¿yäa of the Malay Shadow Play, Wayang Kulit Kelantan, and its Possible Parallels and Connections with the Epic Versions in Northern Southeast Asia
Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof17. From Palace to Streets: Many R¿m¿yäas from the Bylanes
Krishna Murthy Hanuru18. The Making of R¿m¿yäa in the Yak¿ag¿na of Coastal Karnataka
Purushottama Bilimale19. Reamker Performance in Khmer Society
Sirang LengThe Contributors
Index
About the author
Parul Pandya Dhar is art historian and professor in the Department of History, University of Delhi. She has authored The Toräa in Indian and Southeast Asian Architecture (2010), edited Indian Art History: Changing Perspectives (2011), and co-edited Temple Architecture and Imagery of South and Southeast Asia (2016), Asian Encounters: Exploring Connected Histories (2014), and Cultural Interface of India with Asia (2004), besides contributing several research articles.
Summary
This volume examines The Ramaya?a traditions of South India and Southeast Asia. The three parts of this volume, organized as visual, literary, and performance cultures, discuss the sculpted, painted, inscribed, written, recited, and performed Ramaya?as.
