Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India - Yuddhakanda

Zusatztext "The translation admirably succeeds in pursuing its 'twin goals of accuracy and readability.' . . . The volume opens up the epic battle book to new readers and gives them the closest thing they could get to what the original taste and texture of the text must have been, without making it inaccessible. To my mind, this is a remarkable achievement. Specialists will find in the annotations an endless mine of valuable information that will quickly become the foundation of any further research on the Yuddhakanda, and the rich and extremely useful index will facilitate access to this book. . . . A person's education cannot be complete until he or she reads how Rama kills Ravana, as vividly told in this volume." ---Yigal Bronner, European Legacy Zusammenfassung The sixth book of the Ramayana of Valmiki , the Yuddhakanda , recounts the final dramatic war between the forces of good led by the exiled prince Rama, and the forces of evil commanded by the arch demon Ravana. The hero Rama's primary purpose in the battle is to rescue the abducted princess Sita and destroy the demon king. However, the confrontation also marks the turning point for the divine mission of the Ramavatara, the incarnation of Lord Visnu as a human prince, who will restore righteousness to a world on the brink of chaos. The book ends with the gods' revelation to Rama of his true divine nature, his emotional reunion with his beloved wife, his long-delayed consecration as king of Kosala, and his restoration of a utopian age. The Yuddhakanda contains some of the most extraordinary events and larger-than-life characters to be found anywhere in world literature. This sixth volume in the critical edition and translation of the Valmiki Ramayana includes an extensive introduction, exhaustive notes, and a comprehensive bibliography.

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• Authors: Robert P. Goldman, Not Available (NA), Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Valmiki
• Assisted by: Robert P. Goldman (Editor), Robert P. Goldman (Introduction), Sally J. Sutherland Goldman (Introduction), Sally Sutherland Goldman (Introduction), Robert P. Goldman (Translation), Sally Sutherland Goldman (Translation), Barend A. van Nooten (Translation), Robert P. Goldman (Editor and translation), Sally J. Sutherland Goldman (Editor and translation), Sally Sutherland Goldman (Editor and translation), Barend A. van Nooten (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2009
• EAN: 9780691066639
• ISBN: 978-0-691-06663-9
• No. of pages: 1632
• Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations; Princeton Library of Asian Tra; Princeton Library of Asian Translations
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions