TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldman,Robert P.
AU  - Nathan,Leonard E.
AU  - Pollock,Sheldon I.
TI  - The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I: Balakāṇḍa 
T2  - Princeton Library of Asian Translations
SN  - 9780691014852
AV  - BL1139.22 .E54 1990eb
U1  - 294.5/922 22
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - RELIGION / Hinduism / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; Preface --; Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation --; Part I. Introduction --; 1. General Introduction --; 2. History and Historicity --; 3. Introduction to the Bālakāṇḍa --; 4. The Rāmāyaṇa Text and the Critical Edition --; 5. Translating the Rāmāyaṇa --; 6. The Translation and Annotation --; Part II. Bālakāṇḍa --; Glossary of Important Proper Nouns and Epithets --; Bibliography of Works Consulted --; Index --; Backmatter; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
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