Sea of separation: a translation from the Ramayana of Tulsidas

By:

Tulsidas

Contributor(s):

Lutgendorf, Philip [Translator ]

Series: Murty classical library of India; 24Publication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2024.Description: xxv, 175p.: pbk.: 19 cmISBN:

9780674295926

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

891.4312 TUL

Summary: Tulsidas’s Rāmcaritmānas, written in the sixteenth century in a literary dialect of classical Hindi, has become the most beloved retelling of the ancient Ramayana story across northern India. The revered masterpiece recounts the epic story of Ram’s exile and his journeys, and it is recited by millions of Hindus today. The Sea of Separation presents some of the poem’s most renowned episodes—Ram’s battles with demons, the kidnapping of his wife Sita by Ravana, his alliance with a troop of marvelous monkeys, and, finally, the god Hanuman’s heroic journey to the island city of Lanka to find and comfort Sita. This new translation into free verse conveys the passion and momentum of the inspired poet and storyteller. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674295667

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	IIT Gandhinagar	General	891.4312 TUL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	035262

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Tulsidas’s Rāmcaritmānas, written in the sixteenth century in a literary dialect of classical Hindi, has become the most beloved retelling of the ancient Ramayana story across northern India. The revered masterpiece recounts the epic story of Ram’s exile and his journeys, and it is recited by millions of Hindus today.

The Sea of Separation presents some of the poem’s most renowned episodes—Ram’s battles with demons, the kidnapping of his wife Sita by Ravana, his alliance with a troop of marvelous monkeys, and, finally, the god Hanuman’s heroic journey to the island city of Lanka to find and comfort Sita.

This new translation into free verse conveys the passion and momentum of the inspired poet and storyteller.

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674295667

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