The Ramayana of Valmiki (Vol. 1) Balakanda The Epic of Ancient India

by Robert P. Goldman

This 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 which is based on manuscripts representing all recensional traditions. Robert P. Goldman is Professor of sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley. Sally J. Sutherland is a lecturer in sanskrit at the University of California Berkeley. The noted poet Leonard E. Nathan is serving as editorial consultant for the translation project.