Valmiki's Ramayana
Seiten
2018
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1367-7 (ISBN)
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1367-7 (ISBN)
One of India’s greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country’s moral and cultural consciousness. With her magnificent translation and superb introduction, Arshia Sattar has successfully bridged both time and space to bring this ancient classic to modern English readers.
One of India’s greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country’s moral and cultural consciousness. For generations it has served as a bedtime story for Indian children, while at the same time engaging the interest of philosophers and theologians. Believed to have been composed by Valmiki sometime between the eighth and sixth centuries BC, the Ramayana tells the tragic and magical story of Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, an incarnation of Lord Visnu, born to rid the earth of the terrible demon Ravana. An idealized heroic tale ending with the inevitable triumph of good over evil, the Ramayana is also an intensely personal story of family relationships, love and loss, duty and honor, of harem intrigue, petty jealousies, and destructive ambitions. All this played out in a universe populated by larger-than-life humans, gods and celestial beings, wondrous animals and terrifying demons. With her magnificent translation and superb introduction, Arshia Sattar has successfully bridged both time and space to bring this ancient classic to modern English readers.
One of India’s greatest epics, the Ramayana pervades the country’s moral and cultural consciousness. For generations it has served as a bedtime story for Indian children, while at the same time engaging the interest of philosophers and theologians. Believed to have been composed by Valmiki sometime between the eighth and sixth centuries BC, the Ramayana tells the tragic and magical story of Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, an incarnation of Lord Visnu, born to rid the earth of the terrible demon Ravana. An idealized heroic tale ending with the inevitable triumph of good over evil, the Ramayana is also an intensely personal story of family relationships, love and loss, duty and honor, of harem intrigue, petty jealousies, and destructive ambitions. All this played out in a universe populated by larger-than-life humans, gods and celestial beings, wondrous animals and terrifying demons. With her magnificent translation and superb introduction, Arshia Sattar has successfully bridged both time and space to bring this ancient classic to modern English readers.
Arshia Sattar holds a PhD in South Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago. Her books include Lost Loves: Exploring Rama’s Anguish and English translations of Valmiki’s Uttara Kanda and the Kathasaritsagara. She is also the author of a prose version for young readers, Ramayana: An Illustrated Retelling (Restless Books, 2018).
Guide to Pronouncing Special Sanskrit Characters
Translator’s Note to the Updated Edition
Translator’s Note
Introduction
Childhood
Ayodhya
Wilderness
Kiskindha
Beauty
War
Epilogue
Glossary
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.07.2018 |
|---|---|
| Übersetzer | Arshia Sattar |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 857 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Anthologien |
| Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker | |
| Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5381-1367-8 / 1538113678 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5381-1367-7 / 9781538113677 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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