The Ramayana of Valmiki, Vol.1 Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Stella Sandahl of the

and Stella Sandahl of the University of Toronto

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a special chapter on the science of Aum and the complete modification of the whole text are the main features of this edition

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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Vol.1 Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Stella Sandahl of theThis is the first of seven volumes that will present a complete and fully annotated translation of the Valmiki Ramayana. This great sanskrit epic of ancient India has profoundly affected the literature, art, religions and culture of countless millions of people in South and Southest Asia an influence that is perhaps unparalleled in the history of world literature. For the first time it has here been translated on the basis of the critical edition