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The fifth and most popular book of The Ramayana of Valmiki, the Sundarakanda, recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hanuman in leaping across the ocean to the inland citadel of Lanka. Once there, he scours the city for the abducted Princess Sita. The poet vividly describes the opulence of the court of the demon king, Ravana, the beauty of his harem, the spendors fo the palace gardens, and the hideous deformity of Sita’s wardresses. After witnessing Sita's ...
The seven volumes of this work present the entire Ramayana for the first time which has been translated on the basis of critical edition, based on the manuscripts representing all recensional traditions. The first volume gives copious annotations dealing with the poem's numerous textual and exegetical problems. Drawing on the contributions of generations of Sanskrit commentators, the second volume is accompanied by a commentary that elucidates the ...