Research Catalog

Title

Ramayana : a comparative study of Ramakathas / A A Manavalan ; translated into English and edited by C T Indra & Prema Jagannathan.

Author

Manavalan, A. A.

Publication

New Delhi : Vitasta Publishing Pvt Ltd, 2021.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Indra, C. T.
• Jagannathan, Prema

Description

xxi, 388 pages : maps; 23 cm

Summary

The story of Rama has been a part of our lives for ever and will probably continue to be so.... But most of us are unaware that the story has as many variations as there are versions. In the author's own words Valmiki's Ramayana has taken several 'incarnations' due to the efforts of many great writers who wanted to bring the story to their own people in their own language. In his book, Professor AA Manavalan, an eminent scholar in the field of comparative literature, has painstakingly made an intensive and analytical study of the Rama story in 48 languages including the folk tradition. Professor Manavalan's main focus is on how the receiving language's rendering could make a greater impact than the original in the popular imagination of the people. Ramayana - A Comparative Study of Ramakathas, an English rendition of Ramakaathaiyum Ramayanangalum, presented by CT Indra and Prema Jagannathan, captures the thematic purpose of Prof AA Manavalan's Tamil original and creates a forum 'to discuss whether Ramayana is an ethical text or an ideological text'.

Uniform Title

• இராம காதையும் இராமாயணங்களும். English
• Irāma kātaiyum irāmāyaṇaṅkaḷum. English

Alternative Title

• இராம காதையும் இராமாயணங்களும்.
• Irāma kātaiyum irāmāyaṇaṅkaḷum.

Subject

• Vālmīki
• Rāma (Hindu deity)
• Rāmāyaṇa (Vālmīki)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical refererences (pages 373-383).

Language (note)

• Translated from Tamil.

ISBN

• 9789386473714
• 9386473712

LCCN

2020510273

OCLC

• on1281792045
• 1281792045
• SCSB-14566657

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries