Author: Arvind KumarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sītā (Hindu deity)
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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A Study in the Ethics of the Banishment of Sita
Author: Arvind KumarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sītā (Hindu deity)
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Many Ramayanas
Author: Paula RichmanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 052091175X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Throughout Indian history, many authors and performers have produced, and many patrons have supported, diverse tellings of the story of the exiled prince Rama, who rescues his abducted wife by battling the demon king who has imprisoned her. The contributors to this volume focus on these "many" Ramayanas. While most scholars continue to rely on Valmiki's Sanskrit Ramayana as the authoritative version of the tale, the contributors to this volume do not. Their essays demonstrate the multivocal nature of the Ramayana by highlighting its variations according to historical period, political context, regional literary tradition, religious affiliation, intended audience, and genre. Socially marginal groups in Indian society—Telugu women, for example, or Untouchables from Madhya Pradesh—have recast the Rama story to reflect their own views of the world, while in other hands the epic has become the basis for teachings about spiritual liberation or the demand for political separatism. Historians of religion, scholars of South Asia, folklorists, cultural anthropologists—all will find here refreshing perspectives on this tale.
Women of India
Author: Harshida PanditPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351869922
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The status and position of Indian women have undergone many changes since the high status they enjoyed in the Vedic era yielded to forced suicide during the dark ages, female infanticide, purdah, child marriages and the denial of property and political rights. This book, first published in 1985, provides a comprehensive annotated bibliography to hose years, and the years that followed of the relentless liberation struggle by women on the socio-political and legal fronts.
Ramayana and Ramakatha, an International Literature Survey
Author: Gauri Shankar SinghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
BEPI
Author: Rāmāyaṇa Traditions in Eastern India
Author: William L. SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Description: Through the structure of the popular Ramayanas composed in Assamese, Bengali and Oriya based on the version of Valmiki, the poets are eclectic in their choice of material and freely select episodes from the Puranas, Sanskrit devotional Ramayanas, Sakta works and the oral tradition, as long as these are not in direct conflict with Valmiki. Unlike vernacular Ramayanas in some other regions of India, here poets do not allow the narrative to be overwhelmed by theological or sectarian concerns. Many apocryphal episodes common to all three literatures do not seem to be found outside Eastern India.
The Bihar Gazette
Author: Bihar (India)Parliamentary Debates, House of the People
Author: India. Parliament. Lok SabhaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Fort Saint George Gazette
Author: Madras (India : State)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Accessions List, India
Author: Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, New DelhiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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