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The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian Epic
The Ramayana is quite simply the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling 'Almost every individual living in India' writes R K Narayan in the Introduction to this new interpretation 'is aware of the story of The Ramayana Everyone of whatever age outlook education or station in life knows the essential part of the epic and adores the main figures in it - Rama and Sita Every child is told the story at bedtime The Ramayana pervades our cultural life' Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki probably around the fourth century BC poets have produced countless variant versions in different languages Here drawing his inspiration from the work of an eleventh-century Tamil poet called Kamban Narayan has used the talents of a master
novelist to recreate the excitement and joy he has found in the original It can be enjoyed and appreciated he suggests for its psychological insight its spiritual depth and its practical wisdom - or just as a thrilling tale of abduction battle and courtship played out in a universe thronged with heroes deities and demons
novelist to recreate the excitement and joy he has found in the original It can be enjoyed and appreciated he suggests for its psychological insight its spiritual depth and its practical wisdom - or just as a thrilling tale of abduction battle and courtship played out in a universe thronged with heroes deities and demons
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