{"product_id":"the-clay-sanskrit-library-ramayana-5-volume-set-9780814717455","title":"The Clay Sanskrit Library: Ramayana: 5-Volume Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Clay Sanskrit Library\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Clay Sanskrit\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Clay Sanskrit\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asian - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ramáyana epic centers around Rama, the crown prince of the city of Ayódhya, providing a profound meditation on the paradox of the hero as both human and divine. After rescuing a sage from persecution by demons. Rama attends a tournament in the neighboring city of Míthila where he wins the prize and the hand of Sita, the princess of Míthila. But a court intrigue involving one of the king's junior wives and a maidservant forces Rama into a fourteen-year banishment to the jungle with his wife, Sita, and his loyal brother Lákshmana. When Sita is abducted by the demon king Rávana, Rama goes to the monkey capital of Kishkíndha to seek help in finding her. It is there that he meets Hánuman, the greatest of the monkey heroes. In exchange for the assistance of the monkey troops in discovering where Sita is held captive, Rama has to help Sugríva win the monkey throne over his brother, Valin. In the final book of the set, Hánuman leaps across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka, where he scours the city for the abducted Princess Sita. But when Hánuman reveals himself to the princess and offers to carry her back to Rama, she nevertheless insists that Rama must come himself to avenge the abduction. \u003cbr\u003eIncluded in this set: \u003cbr\u003eRamáyana Book I: Boyhood\u003cbr\u003e By Valmíki. Translated by Robert Goldman.\u003cbr\u003e 424 pages \/ 978-0-8147-3163-5\u003cbr\u003eRamáyana Book II: Ayódhya\u003cbr\u003e By Valmíki. Translated by Sheldon I. Pollock.\u003cbr\u003e 652 pages \/ 978-0-8147-6716-0\u003cbr\u003eRamáyana Book III: The Forest\u003cbr\u003e By Valmíki. Translated by Sheldon I. Pollock.\u003cbr\u003e 436 pages \/ 978-0-8147-6722-1\u003cbr\u003eRamáyana Book IV: Kishkíndha\u003cbr\u003e By Valmíki. Translated by Rosalind Lefeber.\u003cbr\u003e 415 pages \/ 978-0-8147-5207-4\u003cbr\u003eRamáyana Book V: Súndara\u003cbr\u003e By Valmíki. Translated by Robert Goldman and Sally Sutherland Goldman.\u003cbr\u003e 538 pages \/ 978-0-8147-3178-9\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clay Sanskrit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45035571216535,"sku":"9780814717455","price":7875.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780814717455.webp?v=1769212024","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-clay-sanskrit-library-ramayana-5-volume-set-9780814717455","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}