The Story of Ramayan [Paperback]

C. Rajagopalachari (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1979 | ISBN-10: 0897449304 | ISBN-13: 978-0897449304

Originally published in the year 1951,the book due to it's huge popularity has been re-printed many,many times.The Ramayana is not history or biography. It is a part of Hindu mythology. One cannot understand Hindu dharma unless one knows Rama and Seeta, Bharata, Lakshmana, Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Hanuman. More details: Mythology cannot be dispensed with. Philosophy alone or rituals alone or mythology alone cannot be sufficient. These are the three strands of all ancient religions. The attitude towards things spiritual which belongs to a particular people cannot be grasped or preserved or conveyed unless we have all these three. To millions of men, women and children in India, the Ramayana is not a mere tale. It has more truth and meaning than the events in one s own life. Just as plants grow under the influence of sunlight, the people of India grow in mental strength and culture by absorbing the glowing inspiration of the Ramayana. The popularity of the book is so great that it has run into forty two impressions ever since it was originally published in the year 1951

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About the Author

A great patriot,astute politician,incisive thinker,great visionary and one of the greatest statesmen of all times.The author popularly and lovingly known as C.R was a close associate of Mahatma Gandi and held many posts such as Governor General of India,Chief Minister of madras and so on.His other book MAHABHARATA is equally popular. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Auromere (June 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897449304
• ISBN-13: 978-0897449304
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,273,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Character is Destiny, July 30, 2009

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Adesh Seuraj (Santa Cruz, Trinidad) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ramayana (Paperback)

I read this great poem when I was 14 years over the course of a year, every night, before I fell asleep. Widely regarded as one of the most sacred of Hindu epics, the Ramayana, attributed to the poet Valmiki, was written down during the first century A.D., although it was based on oral traditions from six hundred years earlier. The Ramayana is a moving love story with moral and spiritual themes that has deep appeal in India to this day.
The Ramayan traces the 14 years of exile of the crowned Prince of Ayodhya, Rama, because of a promise made by his Father, King Dasharat to one of his four wives, Kaykeyi. At Kayeki's behest, he must crown her son Bharat, a most virtuous Prince himself, as King and send Rama into the forest.
Rama the most virtuous of all, decides to take upon this penance for his Father's sake, and spends these years as an ascetic, living and fullfilling his deontological ethics, as instructed by his sacred gurus and sages. While in exile he befriends Hanuman, and together they fight one of the greatest wars of Indian history eventually mineralizing the Rakshas and their demon king Ravana.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lyrical abridgement., September 14, 2009

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Vinaya Manmohansingh (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad/Tobago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ramayana (Paperback)

This is an abridgement of the full Ramayana. The prose is beautiful, so poetic that it sticks in my memory long years after reading it. My favorite passages describe Jataayu's sacrificial defense of Seeta, and Hanuman's flight to search out for Seeta in Lanka.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the top 2 Translations, February 7, 2009

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S. KUMAR "Architect" (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ramayana (Paperback)

This book is a consice and nice translation. No doubt about it, however if you are a looking for the comprehensive and more faithful translation, following book is recommended:

~ Ramayana: India's Immortal Tale of Adventure, Love and Wisdom - Krishna Dharma