A Critical Inventory of Ramayana Studies In The World

The appeal of the Ramayana, one of the national epics of India, is universal, because it is an expression of man's eternal quest for abiding human values. It is the repository of an ancient heritage which has travelled across the boundaries of India to several other Asian countries. It has also profoundly enriched our literature and other performing and visual arts, covering a wide spectrum of the socio cultural life of the people.

This is the Second volume of A Critical Inventory of Ramayaṇa Studies in the World in 28 foreign languages in addition to Urdu and Nepali. The volume also contains a number of learned articles on Ramayana variations by eminent scholars.

This volume is a joint project of Sahitya Akademi and the Union Academique Internationale, Bruxelles. Keralapura Krishnamoorthy (b.1923-d.1997) the editor of this volume, had a brilliant academic career at the University of Mysore and served as Professor and Head of the Department of Sanskrit in the Karnataka University, Dharwad from 1959 to 1984. His well-known publications include Dhvanyaloka text critically edited (1982), Vakroktijivita text critically edited (1977), monograph on Kalidasa (1972) and Banabhatta (1977), and independent works like Essays in Sanskrit Criticism (1974), Studies in Indian Aesthetics and Criticism (1979) and critical edition of Bharata's Natyasastra with Abhinavabharati. A recognised authority on Indian poetics, Krishnamoorthy has won several research prizes and awards including the President's Certificate of Honour in 1978.

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