Sita's Voice in the Assamese Ramayana Selected Verses from the Ramayana of Madhava Kandali and the Uttarakanda of Sankaradeva
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Author: | Edited by Tilottoma Misra |
ISBN 13: | 9789390514182 |
Binding: | Softcover |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2024 |
Pages: | 304pp., |
Published On: | 30th June 2024 |
Subject: | Philosophy and Religion/Ramayana and Mahabharata |
About the Book
Sita’s Voice in the Assamese Ramayaṇa is a translation of select verses from the Assamese Saptakanda Ramayana of Madhava Kandali, Sankaradeva and Madhavdeva, written between the 14th-15th centuries CE. This vernacular rendition of the Valmiki Ramayana has been translated with a scholarly introduction by Tilottoma Misra. The selected verses represent a distinctive creative rendition of the Valmiki text from the region of Assam by adding new emotional and philosophic dimensions to it. Especially in the Uttarakanda ascribed to Sankaradeva, Sita’s voice acquires a unique quality in her final rejection of Rama thereby expressing her ultimate disillusionment with him, the much-acclaimed paragon of all virtues.