| Ramayana Book Five: Sundara Contributor(s): Valmiki (Author), Goldman, Robert (Translator), Goldman, Sally J. Sutherland (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0814731783 ISBN-13: 9780814731789 Publisher: Clay Sanskrit OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2006 Annotation: "The books line up on my shelf like bright Bodhisattvas ready to take tough questions or keep quiet company. They stake out a vast territory, with works from two millennia in multiple genres: aphorism, lyric, epic, theater, and romance." -- Willis G. Regier, The Chronicle Review "No effort has been spared to make these little volumes as attractive as possible to readers: the paper is of high quality, the typesetting immaculate. The founders of the series are John and Jennifer Clay, and Sanskritists can only thank them for an initiative intended to make the classics of an ancient Indian language accessible to a modern international audience." -- The Times Higher Education Supplement "The Clay Sanskrit Libraryrepresents one of the most admirable publishing projects now afoot. . . . Anyone who loves the look and feel and heft of books will delight in these elegant little volumes." -- New Criterion "Published in the geek-chic format." -- BookForum "Very few collections of Sanskrit deep enough for research are housed anywhere in North America. Now, twenty-five hundred years after the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, the ambitious Clay Sanskrit Library may remedy this state of affairs." -- Tricycle The fifth and most popular book of the Ramszlig; yana of Valm?ki, Smiddot; ndararecounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hszlig; numan leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. Once there, he scours the city for the abducted Princess Sita. The poet vividly describes the opulence of the court of the demon king, Rszlig; vana, the beauty of his harem, and the hideous deformity of Sita's wardresses. After witnessing Sita's stern rejection of Rszlig; vana's blandishments, Hszlig; numan reveals himself to the princess, shows her Rama's signet ring as proof of identity, and offers to carry her back to Rama. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http: //www.claysanskritlibrary.org |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Religion | Hinduism - General |
| Dewey: 294.592 |
| LCCN: 2006017698 |
| Series: Clay Sanskrit Library |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.5" W x 6.5" (0.75 lbs) 538 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The fifth and most popular book of the Ram yana of Valm ki, S ndara recounts the adventures of the monkey hero H numan leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. Once there, he scours the city for the abducted Princess Sita. The poet vividly describes the opulence of the court of the demon king, R vana, the beauty of his harem, and the hideous deformity of Sita's wardresses. After witnessing Sita's stern rejection of R vana's blandishments, H numan reveals himself to the princess, shows her Rama's signet ring as proof of identity, and offers to carry her back to Rama. |