The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India
Author : Edward Washburn Hopkins
Publisher :
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 1889
Category : Caste
ISBN :
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume IV
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1400884586
Book Description
This is the fourth volume of a translation of India's most beloved and influential epic tale--the Ramayana of Valmiki. As befits its position at the center of the work, Volume IV presents the hero Rama at the turning point of his fortunes. Having previously lost first his kingship and then his wife, he now forms an alliance with the monkey prince, Sugriva. Rama needs the monkeys to help him find his abducted wife, Sita, and they do finally discover where her abductor has taken her. But first Rama must agree to secure for his new ally the throne of the monkey kingdom by eliminating the reigning king, Sugriva's detested elder brother, Valin. The tragic rivalry between the two monkey brothers is in sharp contrast to Rama's affectionate relationship with his own brothers and forms a self-contained episode within the larger story of Rama's adventures. This volume continues the translation of the critical edition of the Valmiki Ramayana, a version considerably reduced from the vulgate on which all previous translations were based. It is accompanied by extensive notes on the original Sanskrit text and on several untranslated early Sanskrit commentaries.
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume VI
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1674 pages
File Size : 37,97 MB
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0691173982
Book Description
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.
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 16,46 MB
Release : 2016-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1400884551
Book Description
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.
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki
Author : Vālmīki
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Hinduism
ISBN : 9788120831650
Book Description
"India has many versions of the story of Rāma composed in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and various vernaculars of the north and south. Yet the ancient Sanskrit version, attributed to the sage-poet Vālmīki, by tradition the first work of true poetry, is the source revered throughout India as the original account of the career of Rāma, ideal man and incarnation of the great God Viṣṇu. This great Sanskrit epic of ancient India has profoundly affected the Literature, Art, Religion and Cultures of countless millions of people in South and Southeast Asia--an influence that is perhaps unparalleled in the history of World Literature. The volumes of this work will present the entire Rāmāyaṇa for the first time translated on the basis of the critical edition, which is based on manuscripts representing all recensional traditions. Translation consortium is as follows: Vol. I, Bālakāṇḍa; Vol.II, Ayodhyākāṇḍa; Vol.III, Araṇyakāṇḍa; Vol.IV, Kiṣkịndhāḳạnda; Vol.V, Sundarakāṇḍa; Vol.VI, Yuddhakāṇ̣ḍa; Vol.VII, Uttarakāṇḍa" --
The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume II
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1400883105
Book Description
This is the second volume of a translation of India's most beloved and influential epic saga, the monumental Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki. Of the seven sections of this great Sanskrit masterpiece, the Ayodhyakāṇḍa is the most human, and it remains one of the best introductions to the social and political values of traditional India. This readable translation is accompanied by commentary that elucidates the various problems of the text—philological, aesthetic, and cultural. The annotations make extensive use of the numerous commentaries on the Rāmāyaṇa composed in medieval India. The substantial introduction supplies a historical context for the poem and a critical reading that explores its literary and ideological components.
Women of South Asia
Author : Carol Sakala
Publisher : Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Book Description
Annotated bibliography and guide to librarys, archives and other information sources on women of South East Asia - covers relationships between women and religious practice, traditional culture, family, employment (woman workers), historical social role, social movements, women's rights, etc. References.
Boot, Hooves and Wheels
Author : Saikat K Bose
Publisher : Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 28,72 MB
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9384464546
Book Description
The books title has an apparent misnomer—boots were not used in early armies, at least as apparent from temple sculptures which depict bare-bodied and barefooted soldiers. But is it likely to have been true? Or social reasons led to suppression of footgear on temple walls? The book explores these and myriad other questions on the military experience of South Asia, hoping to construct a picture of how men, animals, and equipment were used on South Asian battlefields from the end of the Paleolithic till the dawn of our era. Further, as all that happens on battlefields is no more than the tip of the proverbial iceberg whose submarine mass conceals many cause–effect relationships in a wide variety of fields, the author, adopting a wide fronted approach, examines the evidence of anthropology, literature, mythology, folklore, technology, archaeology, and architecture, to reconstructs the military atmosphere of South Asia beyond the battlefield, which is the aim of this book.
Tribal Ethnicity, Class, and Integration
Author : Shambhu Lal Doshi
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Book Description
Rajavidya
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 16,40 MB
Release : 1964
Category : India
ISBN :
