Ramanujar

The Life and Ideas of Ramanuja

Dr Indira Parthasarathy (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2023
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-287154-1 (ISBN)

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'Ramanujar' is a play that addresses various socio-cultural and religious concerns in medieval South India, and issues that have contemporary significance. The lives of saints and enlightened persons have perennial value; not necessarily for adulation but to realize how demanding and yet positive such lives can be.

Indira Parthasarathy's Tamil play 'Ramanujar' was awarded the Saraswati Samman by the K.K. Birla Foundation in 1999 for promoting an understanding of the contemporary relevance of the renowned Vaishnava acharya of medieval India. The English translation by T. Sriraman and the accompanying critical apparatus by C.T. Indra make the play accessible to a wider audience for the first time. The book presents the saint not only as an exponent of the Visishtaadvaidic philosophy, but even more strikingly as a radical social reformer with an inclusive vision. The Epilogue, a playlet included in the present edition, presents an imaginary meeting of the aged renunciant with his long-separated wife. The searching questions she poses make the savant reflect upon and evaluate himself, his past, and the impact he has made on society.

Author: Indira Parthasarathy, pseudonym of Padma Shri (Dr) Ranganathan Parthasarathy (b.1930), is widely acknowledged as one of those who have revolutionized modern Tamil drama. He has authored several novels, novellas, and short stories. The only Tamil writer to have won both the Sahitya Akademi and the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards, Indira Parthasarathy was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 at The Hindu Literature for Life event. Translator: T. Sriraman, previously associated with the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, has also translated Indira Parthasarathy's 'Aurangzeb' (Seagull). Introduction and Commentary: C.T. Indra, previously associated with the University of Madras, has translated Indira Parthasarathy's 'Nandan Kathai' as 'The Legend of Nandan' (Oxford University Press).

Foreword
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Hagiography Revisited
1: Author's Preface
2: 'RAMANUJAR'
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Epilogue: Swami, Who Is Tanjamma?
3: Afterword
Notes and Glossary
Commentary on the Play
Appendices
Select Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2023
Mitarbeit	Kommentare: Prof C.T. Indra
Übersetzer	Prof T. Sriraman
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	145 x 223 mm
Gewicht	418 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
ISBN-10	0-19-287154-4 / 0192871544
ISBN-13	978-0-19-287154-1 / 9780192871541
Zustand	Neuware