The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume VI: Yuddahakāṇḍa

1675 Pages·2009·14.625 MB·English

by  Robert P. Goldman (translator)

The Ramayana of Valmiki

In Memoryof
Professor Murray Barnson Emeneau
1904–2005
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Valmiki.
[Ramayana.Yuddhakanda.English]
TheRamayanaofValmiki:anepicofancientIndia;volumeVI,Yuddhakanda/
translationandannotationbyRobertP.Goldman,SallyJ.SutherlandGoldman,
andBarendA.vanNooten;introductionbyRobertP.Goldmanand
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p. cm.—(PrincetonLibraryofAsiantranslations)
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-691-06663-9(hardcover:alk.paper) 1. Valmiki.Ramayana.
Yuddhakanda. I. Goldman,RobertP.,1942– II. SutherlandGoldman,SallyJ.
III. Nooten,BarendA.van,1932– IV. Title.
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Frontispiece:ThefinalbattlebetweenRamaandRavana.Fromthe‘‘JagatSinghRamayana,’’Sahib
Din1653.BritishLibraryAdd.15297-166.BypermissionoftheBritishLibrary.
The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India
RobertP. Goldman, General Editor
Sally J.Sutherland Goldman,Associate Editor
Kristi L. Wiley,Editorial Assistant
Translators: Robert P.Goldman, Rosalind Lefeber,
SheldonI. Pollock, Sally J. SutherlandGoldman,
BarendA.vanNooten
princeton library of asian translations
adyakarma karisyami yal lokah sacaracarah
sadevah kathayisyanti yavad bhumir dharisyati
Today,I shall perform such a feat thatall the worlds, with their
movingandfixedcontentsandincludingthegodsthemselves,will
talk about aslong astheearth shall endure.
—Ram 6.88.53
atmanammanusam manye ramam dasarathatmajam
yo ’hamyasya yatascahambhagavamstad bravitu me
I think of myselfonly as a man, Rama, the son of Dasaratha.May
theBlessedLordpleasetellmewhoIreallyam,towhomIbelong,
and why Iam here.
—Ram 6.105.10
Contents
Listof Abbreviations ix
Preface xiii
Guideto Sanskrit Pronunciation xvii
part i. introduction 1
1. The Significance of theYuddhakanda 3
2. Synopsis oftheYuddhakanda 7
3. Statecraft and Violence:The Themesof
theYuddhakanda 17
4. The Major Characters oftheYuddhakanda 43
5. Style and Structure of the Yuddhakanda 89
6. Text,Translation,and Commentaries 99
part ii. yuddhaka¯n.d. a 119
part iii. notes 495
Glossary ofImportant Sanskrit Words, Proper Nouns,
and Epithets 1553
Glossary ofFlora andFauna 1557
Glossary ofWeapons 1559
Emendations andCorrections of theCritical Edition 1561
Bibliographyof WorksConsulted 1563
Index 1579

List of Abbreviations
Manuscripts,Commentaries,andEditionsUsedinVolumeVI,FollowingtheCon-
ventionsEstablishedintheCriticalEditionoftheYuddhakanda(seepp.ix–xi)
I. MANUSCRIPTS
NorthernManuscripts(N)formingtheNorthernRecension(NR)(18MSS,
including7Devanagari)
NWNorthwesternManuscripts iii.BBengali
i.Sarada B1a.d.1671
S1undated B2a.d.1798
S2a.d.1885 B3undated
B4undated
NENortheasternManuscripts
i.N˜ Nepali iv.DDevanagarimanuscripts
N˜1a.d.1020 alliedwithN,including
N˜2a.d.1675 Western(W)
D1a.d.1773NW
ii.VMaithili D2a.d.1660NW
V1a.d.1748 D3a.d.1731W
V2a.d.1841 D4a.d.1732W
V3undated D8a.d.1779NW
D12undatedNW
D13undatedNE
Southern Manuscripts (S)forming theSouthernRecension(SR) (16MSS,
including6Devanagari)
M3undated
i.TTelugu M5undated
T1undated
iv.DDevanagarimanuscripts
T2undated
T3a.d.1808 alliedwithS
D5a.d.1767S
ii.GGrantha D6a.d.1776S(Containsthe
G1a.d.1818 commentaryofCg)
G2undated D7 a.d. 1776 S (Contains the
G3undated commentaryofCm)
D9a.d.1686S
iii.Malayalam
M1a.d.1690 D10a.d.1831S
M2a.d.1642 D11a.d.1715S(Containsthe
commentaryofCt)