It is hardly possible to overestimate the value of scientific indexing, especially of works which are considered as forming the basic literature for the cultural study of a nation. From this point of view the Epics and the Puranas occupy the foremost position. Much has been done of late in this direction-trough more still remains-for the Mahabharata by such eminent scholars as Hopkins and Sorensen, but the Ramayana seems to have received but scant attention. The ...
