Asian Variations in Ramayana

Author: K R Srinivasa Iyengar
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 358
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172017103

Description

Sahitya Akademi's 2nd international Ramayana Seminar was a significant step to gather, assess and conserve the many-limbed diverse-splendoured Ramayana heritage. This collection of over 20 Seminar papers is presented here with a comprehensive introduction.

The theme of the Seminar - ' Variations in Ramayana in Asia: Their Cultural, Social and Anthropological Significance' - was an invitation to probe the wide-spread Ramayana phenomenon in its racial origins, its susceptibility to local religious beliefs and social mores, and its yet deeper filiations with geography and circumambient nature.