An Index to the Proper Names Occuring in Valmiki's Ramayana

Title: An Index to the Proper Names Occuring in Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa  
Author: Manmatha Natha Ray  
Editor: Gaurinath Sastri  
Series: The Princess of Wales Sarasvati Bhavana Studies, Reprint Series No. 5  
Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya  
Place of Publication: Varanasi  
Edition: First Edition  
Year: 1984  
Print Run: 1,100 copies  
Language: English and Sanskrit  
Binding: Hardcover  
Pages: 253  
ISBN/UPC (if available): None

Description

An Index to the Proper Names Occuring in Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa is a specialized reference work providing descriptive accounts of the proper names found in the Sanskrit epic. Compiled by Manmatha Natha Ray and edited by Gaurinath Sastri, it was published as No. 5 in the Reprint Series of The Princess of Wales Sarasvati Bhavana Studies.

This first edition was limited to 1,100 copies and was published under the Rare Texts Publication Scheme of the Sarasvati Bhavana Library with financial assistance provided by the University Grants Commission.

The index was conceived as an aid to systematic study of the Rāmāyaṇa. Rather than presenting only a bare list of names, it supplies descriptive information and textual references intended to assist research into the epic’s characters, places, peoples, deities, and other named subjects. The numerical references in the Index are to the Bangavasi Edition of the text of 1308 B.S., corresponding to the Nirnaya Sagar Edition of 1921.

The material collected in this volume originally appeared serially in Volumes V through IX of of the oldth of the old series of The Princess of Wales Sarasvati Bhavana Studies. For the 1984 Reprint Series, Manmatha Natha Ray’s articles were brought together as a separate reference book. The original index was printed only through the entry Yūpākṣa and was not completed beyond that point; this limitation is acknowledged in the volume’s prefatory material.

The work is valuable for scholars and research libraries concerned with the Rāmāyaṇa, Sanskrit epic literature, Hindu textual traditions, Indian onomastics, cultural history, and reference bibliography. The text is principally in English and incorporates Sanskrit names and textual material in Devanagari.

Contents

Prefatory Note

Preface

Index to the Proper Names Occurring in Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa