Shri Rama permeates the Indian psyche and ethos. Not only has his life inspired a large number of literary works in many Indian and Asian languages but also even the illiterate Indian knows couplets from the Ramacharitmanas. However, the primary source of the Rama saga is Valmeeki’s Ramayana in Sanskrit, which is the basis of this well researched fictional portrayal of this Great Soul. Rama is the epitome of traditional values and propriety, hence, the epithet maryada purushottama, an excellent man of propriety. The novel covers all important events of his life and presents them in a lively readable manner. What is special is the human treatment of the god. A rewarding work of fiction, delightful and instructive. The appendices clarify some of the controversial issues in the Rama saga. The book will enable and at places move the reader to tears. This book is the English translation of much-acclaimed Hindi novel Ramagatha which has been translated into other Indian languages also.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Prabhat Kumar Pandeya
Prabhat Kumar Pandeya (b. 1945, Ahraura, U.P.) is Professor of English at the Banaras Hindu University. Academic, story-writer, poet, he has translated poems, stories and books from Hindi into English and vice-versa. Honoured by Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Jaunpur Chapter, he was the only representative from India in III Language International at Ellsinore, Denmark in 1955. Translation is his passion. Married having two daughters, he lives in the oldest living city of the world Varanasi.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ramnath Tripathi
Ramnath Tripathi (b. 1926, Etawah, U.P.). Ex-Professor of Hindi, Delhi University has devoted his life to great soul Rama having earned Ph.D. and D.Litt. on different aspects of the Ramayanas. His knowledge of Sanskrit, Bangla, Oriya, Assamese, Nepali, Gujarati, etc. makes him a unique scholar of Rama literature. Writer of forty books in different genres, Prof. Tripathi has received many honours and awards, too many to be listed. Settled in Delhi, Prof. Tripathi is married and has a son.
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