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The Ramayana of Valmiki – An Epic of Ancient Indi – Uttarakanda: Uttarakāṇḍa: 151 (Princeton Library of Asian Translations, 151)

The Ramayana of Valmiki – An Epic of Ancient Indi – Uttarakanda: Uttarakāṇḍa: 151 (Princeton Library of Asian Translations, 151)

by Robert P. Goldman (Author), Sally J. Suther Goldman (Author)

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Synopsis

The seventh and final book of the monumental Ramayana of Valmiki, the Uttarakanda, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King Rama's millennia-long reign. It opens with a colorful history of the demonic race of the raksasas and the violent career of Rama's villainous foe Ravana, and later recounts Rama's grateful discharge of his allies in the great war at Lanka as well as his romantic reunion with his wife Sita. But dark clouds gather as Rama makes the agonizing decision to banish his beloved wife, now pregnant. As Rama continues as king, marvelous tales and events unfurl, illustrating the benefits of righteous rule and the perils that await monarchs who fail to address the needs of their subjects. The Uttarakanda has long served as a point of social and religious controversy largely for its accounts of the banishment of Sita, as well as of Rama's killing of a low-caste ascetic.

This seventh volume in the critical edition and translation of the Valmiki Ramayana includes an extensive introduction and describes the complex reception history of the Uttarakanda, as well as exhaustive notes and a comprehensive bibliography.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 1544
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 21 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 0691182922
ISBN 13: 9780691182926

Media Reviews
Winner of the 2017 World Sanskrit Award, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
This volume will stand for a very long time as the epitome of studies on the Yuddhakanda, indeed of the Ramayana itself. --Frederick M. Smith, Religious Studies Review
The translation admirably succeeds in pursuing its 'twin goals of accuracy and readability.' . . . The volume opens up the epic battle book to new readers and gives them the closest thing they could get to what the original taste and texture of the text must have been, without making it inaccessible. To my mind, this is a remarkable achievement. Specialists will find in the annotations an endless mine of valuable information that will quickly become the foundation of any further research on the Yuddhakanda, and the rich and extremely useful index will facilitate access to this book. . . . A person's education cannot be complete until he or she reads how Rama kills Ravana, as vividly told in this volume. --Yigal Bronner, European Legacy
Author Bio
Robert P. Goldman is the William and Catherine Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Sanskrit and Indian studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and general editor of the Ramayana Translation Project. Sally J. Sutherland Goldman is senior lecturer in Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley, and associate editor of the Ramayana Translation Project.