Book chapter
The Secret Life of Rāmcandra of Ayodhya
Many Ramayanas, pp.217-234
University of California Press
1991
Abstract
The hero of the Rāmāyaṇa—the Sanskrit epic attributed to the sage Vālmīki, but better known to Indians through later vernacular retellings such as the immensely popular Hindi Rāmcaritmānas of the sixteenth-century poet Tulsīdās—is often regarded as a paragon of the sort of virtues catalogued in a credo I was made to memorize as a boy: “trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent”; in short, as the Eagle Scout of Hindu mythology. Such a view was furthered by Victorian scholars of the Hindu tradition, who viewed Rām as the most palatable alternative to
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Secret Life of Rāmcandra of Ayodhya
- Creators
- Philip Lutgendorf
- Contributors
- Paula Richman (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Many Ramayanas, pp.217-234
- Publisher
- University of California Press; Berkeley
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1991
- Academic Unit
- Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures
- Record Identifier
- 9984473766902771
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