Many Rāmāyaṇas : the diversity of a narrative tradition in South Asia / edited by Paula Richman.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Richman, Paula
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c1991.
Subjects:	Vālmīki. > Rāmāyaṇa. Kampar, > 9th cent. > Rāmāyaṇam. Tulasīdāsa, > 1532-1623. > Rāmacaritamānasa. Indic literature > History and criticism. Rāma (Hindu deity) in literature. Sītā (Hindu deity) in literature.

Table of Contents:

Three hundred Rāmāyaṇas : five examples and three thoughts on translation
Rāmāyaṇas, Rāma Jātaka, and Ramakien : a comparative study of Hindu and Buddhist traditions
Mutilation of Śūrpaṇakhā
Fire and flood : the testing of Sītā in Kampaṉ's Irāmāvatāram
Rāmāyaṇa of their own : women's oral tradition in Telugu
Raja's new clothes : redressing Rāvaṇa in Meghanādavadha Kāvya
Creating conversations : the Rāma story as puppet play in Kerala
E.V. Ramasami's reading of the Rāmāyaṇa
Rāmāyaṇa exegesis in Teṉkalai Śrīvaiṣṇavism
Secret life of Rāmcandra of Ayodhya
Personalizing the Rāmāyaṇ : Rāmnāmīs and their use of the Rāmcaritmānas.

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