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Performing the Ramayana Tradition
2021Abstract Performing the Ramayana Tradition: Enactments, Interpretations, and Arguments, edited by Ramayana scholar Paula Richman and Rustom Bharucha, scholar of Theater and Performance Studies, examines diverse retellings of the Ramayana narrative as interpreted and embodied through a spectrum of performances.
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Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 2023
This analysis delves into the profound cosmological elements embedded within the revered Hindu marvel, the Ramayana, from the vantage point of Hindu studies. In it, the astronomical bodies mentioned in the Ramayana—Surya, the Sun, Chandra, the Moon, Mangala, Mars, and Brihaspati, Jupiter—are examined in great detail, and their symbolic significance ...
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This analysis delves into the profound cosmological elements embedded within the revered Hindu marvel, the Ramayana, from the vantage point of Hindu studies. In it, the astronomical bodies mentioned in the Ramayana—Surya, the Sun, Chandra, the Moon, Mangala, Mars, and Brihaspati, Jupiter—are examined in great detail, and their symbolic significance ...
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1926
Besides the well-known Vālmīki-rāmâyaṇa, three other Sanskrit poems entitled “Rāmâyaṇa” are current in northern India, and are highly esteemed. They are (1) the Yōga-vāsiṣṭha-mahārāmâyaṇa, (2) the Adhyātma-rāmâyaṇa, and (3) the Adbhuta-rāmâyaṇa. Of these the first and the last claim to have been composed by no less a person than Vālmīki himself; but ...
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Besides the well-known Vālmīki-rāmâyaṇa, three other Sanskrit poems entitled “Rāmâyaṇa” are current in northern India, and are highly esteemed. They are (1) the Yōga-vāsiṣṭha-mahārāmâyaṇa, (2) the Adhyātma-rāmâyaṇa, and (3) the Adbhuta-rāmâyaṇa. Of these the first and the last claim to have been composed by no less a person than Vālmīki himself; but ...
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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1927
One of the most popular stories in India and East Asia is the story of the adventures of Rāma, whose consort Sītī is carried off by the giant king Rāvana. From this event proceeds a great war, which leads to the destruction of the tyrant and the return of Sītā.
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One of the most popular stories in India and East Asia is the story of the adventures of Rāma, whose consort Sītī is carried off by the giant king Rāvana. From this event proceeds a great war, which leads to the destruction of the tyrant and the return of Sītā.
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2004
Abstract While the “standard” version of the Rāmāyana is a 14th-century Sanskrit text by Valmiki, the diversity and adaptability of this narrative are extraordinary. Many regions and languages have their own versions of the tale that they consider authoritative.
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Abstract While the “standard” version of the Rāmāyana is a 14th-century Sanskrit text by Valmiki, the diversity and adaptability of this narrative are extraordinary. Many regions and languages have their own versions of the tale that they consider authoritative.
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2022
Abstract This chapter collates references to Ravana in Sinhala folklore, poetry, and topographical and historical prose texts from the fourteenth century to the British colonial period. I argue that formative Sinhala Buddhist impressions of Ravana were generated in large part through highly informal contexts; that is, through ...
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Abstract This chapter collates references to Ravana in Sinhala folklore, poetry, and topographical and historical prose texts from the fourteenth century to the British colonial period. I argue that formative Sinhala Buddhist impressions of Ravana were generated in large part through highly informal contexts; that is, through ...
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