Adhyatma Ramayaṇa

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K. Satchidanandan on Alternative Ramayana Narratives
K. Satchidanandan: The Ramayana, I have always felt and said, is not exactly a text but a tradition. A tradition that is various, that is diverse, that has so many layers and that is related to so many different kinds of cultures of the people of different classes—of the tribal people as well as…
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Ramkatha traditions of India
Kanad Sinha
A module on Rāmakathā or the story of Rāma one of the most notable South Asian traditions.
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In conversation with Dr. Heeraman Tiwari on Ram Charit Manas
Kanad Sinha: As we know, there is so much debate about the nature of the Rāmakathā tradition. How do you perceive the Rāmakathā tradition? Is it a tradition centred on one ur-text, the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, which gradually inspired a wide range of texts; or is it an open tradition formed by several…
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Bibliography
Select Bibliography   Primary texts   Adhyātma Rāmāyaṇa. 1992. Edited and translated in Hindi by Munnilal. Gorakhpur: Gita Press. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa. 1977. Edited by PanditYugal Kishor Dvivedi with commentary ‘Jyotsnā’ by Pandey Ramrej Sastri. Varanasi: Pandita Pustakalaya. Bhāsa. Pratimānāṭakam. 1988…
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A Tale of Three Couples and their Poet
Kanad Sinha
Ramakatha, Love and Valmiki in South Asian Tradition Rāmakathā or the story of Rāma is one of the most notable South Asian traditions. As R.P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman have described it, it stands for the collectivity of oral, literary, folk, performative and artistic…
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