The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume V: Sundarakāṇḍa 9781400884575
The fifth and most popular book of the Ramayana of Valmiki, the Sundarakanda, recounts the adventures of the monkey hero
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Table of contents :
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Guide to Sanskrit Pronunciation
PART I. INTRODUCTION
1. The Position of the Sundarakāṇda
2. Synopsis of the Sundarakāṇda
3. The Structure and Contents of the Sundarakāṇda
4. The Characters of the Sundarakāṇda
5. A Tale of Three Cities: Ayodhyā, Kiṣkindhā, and Lānkā
6. The Name of the Sundarakāṇda
7. The Destiny of the Sundarakāṇda
8. Text, Translation, and Commentaries
PART II. SUNDARAKĀṆḌA
PART III. NOTES
Glossary of Important Sanskrit Words, Proper Nouns, and Epithets
Glossary of Common Flora and Fauna
Bibliography of Works Consulted
Index
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The Ramayai_Ia of Valmiki
The Ramayal).a of Valmiki AN EPIC OF ANCIENT INDIA
Volume V - Sundarakiu:ufa Introduction, Translation, and Annotation by Robert P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
For Pandit T. Shrinivas Shastri Copyright© 1996 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Viilmiki. Riimiiya~a. Sundarakii~