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100	1		_aGoldman, Robert
245	1	4	_aThe Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa as epic and Dharmaśāstra _breading the Ādikāvya as an ethical guide _cRobert Goldman
260			_aKolkata _bJadavpur University _bDK Print World _c2021
300			_a158 pages _c22 cm
500			_a"The present book is derived from a series of three invited lectures that I delivered at the Department of Philosophy at Jadavpur University in December 2016 when I had the pleasure and privilege of serving as visiting professor there."--Preface
505			_aThe Ramayana has effected incessantly the Indian consciousness for more 2,500 years. Its moral and ethical impact and relevance are par excellence of its poetic beauty and dramatic narrative. It gave a new praxis to the dharmic mores of the Indian psyche. The Valmiki Ramayana as Epic and Dharmasastra: Reading the adikavya as an Ethical Guide is derived from a series of three lectures that Prof. Dr Robert Goldman delivered at the Department of Philosophy, Jadavpur University in 2016 as a visiting professor. The book, while taking an overview of the Sanskrit epics as poetry, history and science, takes one through the dilemma that Dasaratha faces due to his denying kingdom to Rama and the latter’s going for vanavasa, the ethical and moral challenges that Rama faces in his war with Ravana and others, and in the ethical shift that Rama undergoes from his compassionate and self-sacrificing moral code to a more rigid dharmasastra and arthasastra-oriented mode of royal conduct in the last part of the epic. All this, looking back over the various situations, episodes and responses of the principal characters in the epic drama. The Ramayana thus functions not only as as a grand kavya and an ithihasa, but also as a dharmasastra and a nitisastra as well. CONTENTS Preface Abbreviations Introduction The Sanskrit Epics as Poetry, History and Śāstra The Influence of the Sanskrit Epics The Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa as Poetry The Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa as Scripture The Rāmāyaṇa in Non-Hindu Traditions The Rāmāyaṇa Beyond India 1. A Division of the Heart: Daśaratha’s Dilemma and the Banishment of Rāma 2. Rāma in War and Peace 3. Trouble in Paradise Conclusion Bibliography Index
600	0	0	_aVālmīki.
650		0	_aHindu literature _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aHindu ethics.
650		0	_aEthics in literature.
710	2		_aJadavpur University. _bDepartment of Philosophy,
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