Ramayana: The Great Indian Epic

[kpjayan]

Not sure if there is a thread on this.. In any case its worth having one.

There is a new publication of the Epic by a French Publishing with illustrations from 16th to 19th Century .. Exorbitantly priced at USD 1600/-.
Well managed and represented website is here : http://www.ramayanabook.com/ , worth a look.

One Epic and many versions : http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article2542988.ece

 

[Liam]

Exorbitantly priced

Yeah, the rest of us poor schmucks will have to settle for the abridged prose Penguin translation for eight bucks, . Even their Mahabharata, at 900+ pages, is listed as "abridged." Bummer.

 

[kpjayan]

How many Ramayanas! Three hundred? Three thousand? At the end of some Ramayanas, a question is sometimes asked: How many Ramayanas have there been? And there are stories that answer the question

Here is the full article.. http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/art-culture/three-hundred-ramayanas