RamayanaUniversity of California Press, 1981 - 432 mga pahina Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, two Sanskrit verse epics written some 2,000 years ago. In Ramayana (written by a poet known to us as Valmiki), William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama--with all its nobility of spirit, courtly intrigue, heroic renunciation, fierce battles, and triumph of good over evil--in a length and manner that will make the great Indian epics accessible to the contemporary reader. The same is true for the Mahabharata--in its original Sanskrit, probably the longest Indian epic ever composed. It is the story of a dynastic struggle, between the Kurus and Pandavas, for land. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes, "Apart from William Buck’s rendition [no other English version has] been able to capture the blend of religion and martial spirit that pervades the original epic." Presented accessibly for the general reader without compromising the spirit and lyricism of the originals, William Buck’s Ramayana and Mahabharata capture the essence of the Indian cultural heritage. |
Mga Nilalaman
V | 5 |
VI | 21 |
VII | 50 |
VIII | 62 |
IX | 112 |
X | 124 |
XI | 139 |
XII | 140 |
XVII | 244 |
XVIII | 260 |
XIX | 280 |
XX | 295 |
XXI | 310 |
XXII | 327 |
XXIII | 357 |
XXIV | 358 |
Iba pang mga edisyon - Tingnan lahat
Mga pangkaraniwang termino at parirala
Agastya Angada animals arms arrows asked beautiful Bharata Brahma brahmana brother burned chariot Dandaka dark Dasaratha dead Death Demon King Dharma Earth elephants eyes face Fair Ayodhya father fell fire flew flowers forest Ganga Garuda gods gold golden grass Guha hair hands Hanuman happy head heart heaven hill Indra Indrajit Jambavan Janaka Jatayu Kaikeyi Kausalya killed Kishkindhya Kosala Kumbhakarna Kusa and Lava Lakshmana Lanka live looked Lord Malyavan Maricha monkeys and bears Moon Naimisha Forest Narayana never night Oh Rama palace Prahasta Pushpaka Queen Rakshasa Rama Rama and Lakshmana Rama's Ramayana Ravana river round Satrughna Shiva silver Sita Sita's sleep smiled stone stood Sugriva Suka Sumantra Surpanakha threw told took touched trees Trijata Vaishravana Vali Valmiki Vasishtha Vibhishana Viswakarman Viswamitra walked walls warriors waves wind
Mga popular na kasabihan
Pahina 1 - Valmiki the Poet looked down into water held cupped in his hand and saw into the past. Before he looked he thought the world was sweet poison. Men seemed to be living in lies, not knowing where their ways went. The days seemed made of ignorance and doubt, and cast from deception and illusion. But in the water he saw — a dream, a chance, and a great adventure.
Pahina xv - Ramayana — one of the two great epics of India, the other being the Mahabharata.