Ramayana
by William Buck
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Author: William BuckEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-11-13
ISBN: 0520227034
Number of pages: 461
Publisher: University of California Press
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Book Review: Factually incorrect.
Summary: 1 Stars
I wanted to read a copy of the Ramayana for a long time now, even though I was already told and was familiar with many of the stories from my parents. I am a Hindu, and was looking forward to read this.
However, I had to stop on page 16 or so. It provided descriptions of Rama being born with forty teeth, green skin, hair and eyes. It also told Bharata of being born with red skin, hair and eyes. Nowhere in the world except for this book will you find descriptions like these. If you want the true essence and factually certainty of the Ramayana, pick up another translation.
Summary of Ramayana
Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the Ramayana and Mahabharata, two Sanskrit verse epics written some 2,000 years ago.In Ramayana (written by a poet known to us as Valmiki), William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama--with all its nobility of spirit, courtly intrigue, heroic renunciation, fierce battles, and triumph of good over evil--in a length and manner that will make the great Indian epics accessible to the contemporary reader.
The same is true for the Mahabharata--in its original Sanskrit, probably the longest Indian epic ever composed. It is the story of a dynastic struggle, between the Kurus and Pandavas, for land. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes, "Apart from William Buck's rendition [no other English version has] been able to capture the blend of religion and martial spirit that pervades the original epic."
Presented accessibly for the general reader without compromising the spirit and lyricism of the originals, William Buck's Ramayana and Mahabharata capture the essence of the Indian cultural heritage.
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