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Ancient India’s Ramayana: A Jain retelling of love, loss, and war.
The Life of Padma
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832 pages
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25 May 2023
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Summary
The first English translation of the oldest extant work in Apabhramsha, a literary language from medieval India, recounting the story of the Ramayana.
The Life of Padma, or the Paümacariu, is a richly expressive Jain retelling in the Apabhramsha language of the famous Ramayana tale. It was written by the poet and scholar Svayambhudeva, who lived in south India around the beginning of the tenth century. Like the epic tradition on which it is based,
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674271234 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674271238 |
| Author: | Svayambhudeva, Eva De Clercq |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 832 |
| Release Date: | 25 May 2023 |
| Weight: | 856g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
| Series: | Murty Classical Library of India |
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About The Author
Svayambhudeva
Eva De Clercq is Professor of Indian Language and Culture at Ghent University.
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