Ramayana (c. 550 B.C.)

 

Recommended Background Texts:


Brockington, J. L., Righteous Rama: The Evolution of an Epic (1984) (on order)

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. and Sister Nivedita (Margaret E. Noble) Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists (1967) BL2001 .N6 1967

Rajagopalachari, C., Ramayana (1951) PL4758.9.R2595 R34 1993

Richman, Paula, Many Ramayanas : The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in Asia (1991) PK2907.R25 M36 1991

Shastri, Hari Prasad, The Ramayana of Valmiki (1957) (on order)

Valmiki, The Ramayana of Valmiki : An Epic of Ancient India, trans. Rosalind Lefeber, ed. Robert P. Goldman (1984/1994) PK4474 .V3513 1994

Venkatasananda, Swami, The Concise Ramayana (1988) (on order)

 

Audiovisual Resources:

Ramayana, reading by Ram Dass of William Buck's translation (3 audiocassettes) (4 hrs) (World Lit Library, CA 303)