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The greatest Indian epic, one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling

The definitive English translation of the classic Sanskrit epic poem--now available in a one-volume paperback

The Valmiki Ramayana remains a living force in the lives of the Indian people. A timeless epic, it recounts the legend of the noble prince Rama and his battle to vanquish the demon king Ravana.

Even before he is crowned king of Ayodhya, Rama is exiled to the Dandaka... Read Full Overview

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In his most ambitious journey ever, William Least Heat-Moon sets off aboard a small boat named Nikawa ("river... Read Full Overview

The great Indian epic rendered in modern prose

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Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the Ramayana, written some 2,000 years ago by a poet known to us as Valmiki. William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama--with all its... Read Full Overview

Revised

Still an integral part of India's cultural and religious expression, The Ramayana was originally composed by the Sanskrit poet Valmiki around 300 BC. Retold here by Ramesh Menon in modern prose, it concerns the exiled Prince Rama's struggle to rescue his wife from a demon and... Read Full Overview

This selection from the great classic of Indian literature is the heroic tale of Prince Rama. The stories chief episodes are Rama's courtship of the youthful Sita, their exile, Sita's abduction, the search, and the great battle with Ravana, her abductor.

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El Ramayana o Ramaiana (c. siglo III a. C.) es un texto pico escrito por Valmiki. Forma parte de los textos sagrados smriti (textos no revelados directamente por Dios, sino transmitidos por la tradici n). Es una de las obras m s importantes de la India antigua. Conocido ampliamente... Read Full Overview