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The Life of Padma, Volume 1 recounts the histories and noteworthy ancestors of Rama’s allies and enemies, focusing on his antagonist Ravana. This first direct translation into English of the oldest extant work in Apabhramsha is accompanied by a corrected reprint in the Devanagari script of Harivalla…
The Life of Padma
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768 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2018
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Summary
The Life of Padma, or the Paümacariu, is a richly expressive Jain retelling in the Apabhramsha language of the famous Ramayana tale. The work 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, The Life of Padma narrates Prince Rama’s exile, his search for his wife Sita after her abduction by King Ravana of Lanka, and the restoration of his kingship.The first volume of The Life …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674660366 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674660366 |
| Author: | Svayambhudeva, Eva De Clercq |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 768 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2018 |
| Weight: | 886g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
| Series: | Murty Classical Library of India |
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Svayambhudeva
Eva De Clercq is Professor of Indian Language and Culture at Ghent University.
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