Rāmāyaṇa.
By: by Vālmī́ki ; translated by Sheldon I. Pollock
Contributors: Pollock, Sheldon I
Series: The Clay Sanskrit library
Publisher: New York University Press; JJC Foundation
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; san
Number of pages: 436
Subjects: Epic poetry, Sanskrit -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English
Other titles: Forest; Ramáyana.
Work titles: Rāmāyaṇa. Āraṇyakāṇḍa.
Description: "The skies darken for the exiles, who have taken figure in forest hermitages. First one demon, then another, attempts to harm or corrupt them. When these efforts fail, an army of demons is sent, and then a bigger one, but each time Rama defeats them. Finally Ravana, the supreme lord of the demons, decides to cripple Rama by capturing Sita; he traps her, and carriers her off under heavy guard to the island fortress of Lanka. Rama is distraught with grief, and searches everywhere, without success." "'The Forest' contains the narrative center of the epic, the abduction of Sita by the demon king Ravana. It provides a profound meditation on the paradox of the hero as both human and divine."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Epic poetry

Includes bibliographical references and index

In English and Sanskrit (romanized) on facing pages; translated from Sanskrit