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100			_aGoldman, Robert P.
245			_aRamayana of Valmiki: An epic of ancient India Vol.I Balakanda
260			_bMotilal Banarsidass Publications _c1984 _aNew Delhi
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520			_aThis is the first of seven volumes that will present a complete and fully annotated translation of the Valmiki Ramayana. This great Sanskrit epic of ancient India has profoundly affected the literature, art, religions, and culture of countless millions of people in South and Southwest Asia-an influence that is perhaps unparalleled in the history of world literature. For the first time it has here been translated on the basis of the critical edition which is based on manuscripts representing all recessionals traditions. In this first volume Robert P. Goldman, general editor of the translation, has written a major scholarly introduction and, in collaboration with Sally J. Sutherland, assistant editor, has given copious annotations dealing with the poem's numerous textual and exegetical problems, drawing on the contributions of generations of Sanskrit commentators.
650			_aHinduism India
650			_aRed religion
650			_aSanskrit literature
650			_aRamayana
650			_aAncient India
700			_aSutherland, Sally J
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