Ramopakhyana - The Story of Rama in the Mahabharata: A Sanskrit Independent-Study Reader

by Peter Scharf

Overview

The most popular story in all of India and a classic of world literature is summarised in 728 verses in the great epic Mahabharata. Intended for independent study or classroom use for students of various levels who have had a basic introduction to Sanskrit, this fully annotated edition of the Ramopakhyana supplies all the information required for complete comprehension. It contains the Devanagari text, Roman transliteration, sandhi analysis, Sanskrit prose equivalents to the verses, syntactic and cultural notes, and the English translation, and word-by-word grammatical analysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136846625
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/02/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	960
File size:	133 MB
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About the Author

Peter Scharf

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Divine, Historical, and Spiritual Dimensions of the Story of Rama, and its Place in the Mahabharata 2. Structure and Content of the Present Edition of the Ramopakhyana as an Independent-study Sanskrit Reader 3. Suggestions for Use Ramopakhyana Glossary of Proper Names Genealogy Word Index List of Abbreviations and Morphological and Lexical Identifiers Bibliography