Ramayana: 35th Anniversary Edition

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Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages & cultures, as the " Ramayana" & " 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, & triumph of good over evil
- in a length & 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 & Pandavas, for l&. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes, " Apart from William Bucks rendition [no other English version has] been able to capture the blend of religion & martial spirit that pervades the original epic". Presented accessibly for the general reader without compromising the spirit & lyricism of the originals, William Bucks " Ramayana" & " Mahabharata" capture the essence of the Indian cultural heritage.