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Compared to the western epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata are more complete story of Hindu, religious, cultural and social imagination and more exact narration of evolutionary rise of man. In this book, William Buck has succeeded better than anyone else in conveying the spirit of the original.The task of presenting a faithful image of the original text, its metaphysical nuances as well as its chronological sequence the world`s largest epic in a small book is a stupendous task.Mainly as a narration, the version of William Buck will serve as an interesting and complete tale to the English speaking reader. Valmiki was called the Adikavi or first poet of Sanskrit literature and some of his remarkable talent shines forth in the English rendering. The reader will find pleasure in reading it aloud to himself or the others.
“Harrowing, hopeful, and informed by Ramayan's own experiences as a runaway to Edmonton, Mud Lilies is a hymn to the power of one young woman's defiant spark of life, a story of grit and wisdom set against a backdrop of cruelty and indifference.” — Grace O’Connell, Open Book The night fourteen-year-old Chanie Nyrider ran away from her abusive parents, she was saved by an older woman who, after building a friendship with the teen, offers her a new life working as a prostitute. With nowhere to turn, Chanie is drawn into Edmonton’s dark underbelly, where she survives until arrested four years later. At this time she is given two options: jail or a high school equivalency program for troubled youth. Reluctantly, Chanie agrees to attend the program — but only so she can maintain her freedom and get to know her new love interest, Blue. As she begins to make strides in the program and meets friends who share similar circumstances, her home life, such as it is, deteriorates. Blue becomes unstable, deceitful, and eventually violent. He puts himself between her and her new friends, between her and the promise of a new and better life.
The immortal Epic of Valmiki is undoubtedly one of the gems of literature,—indeed, some considering it as the Kohinur of the literary region, which has for centuries, and from a time reaching to the dim and far past been shedding unparalleled and undying halo upon the domain presided over by "the vision and the faculty divine." The burthen of the bard's song is the perpetual contest between good and evil,that is everywhere going on in this mysteriously-ordered world of ours,and which seemingly sometimes ending in the victory of the former,and at others in that of the latter,vitally and spiritually results in the utter overthrow and confusion of evil and in the triumph and final conquest of...
This book on the Geography of R?m?ya?a is a sequel to the book Rivers of ?gveda (ISBN 979-8-88530-307-1) which focused on the Geography of ?gveda. This book will be followed by an upcoming book on the Geography of Mah?bh?rata, thus completing a trilogy on the geochronology of Bh?ratavar?a. This book focus on the cities, towns, villages, kingdoms, regions, forests, mountain ranges, mountain peaks, rivers and lakes of V?lm?ki R?m?ya?a. It highlights the Geography of Bh?ratavar?a as known to R?ma, V?lm?ki, Agastya and others who lived in the R?ma Era. The book strictly adhere to the geographical data present in the Sa?sk?t ?lokas of V?lm?ki R?m?ya?a, and hence provides many surprising new insights on the Geography of R?m?ya?a.
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Features 6 National Bestsellers Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 1: Roar with Courage Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 2: Conquer Change Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 3: Adopt Patience Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 4: Stand Strong Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 5: Radiate Confidence Ramayana: The Game of Life – Book 6: Think Big to Win Authentic narration of the epic with life lessons The RAMAYANA is not a story. It is a way of life. It is THE GAME OF LIFE. A good game is full of twists and turns at every stage and this magical epic arms us with valuable tools to deal with anomalies in our own lives. These quirks turn us into valiant warriors in the face of the most challenging situations.
How did the epic of Ramayana originate? Which Rakshasa did Shatrughna kill? Why was Hanuman angry with Lord Rama? How did a king get stuck between the skies and Earth, upside down? Why did Lakshmana not sleep for 14 years? How did a sage become a crow? Why did Ravana help Rama? Why did Hanuman fight with his Lord Raama? How did a ring become an explanation and a curse become an inspiration? Who defeated both Lord Rama and Lakshmana single-handedly? Here are more than 40 enchanting short stories that are usually unheard about Gods and demons, mountains and rivers, curses and boons, and magnificent creatures and powerful weapons from the immortal epic of Ramayana written in an easy, accessible and inimitable style by the author and packed with a lot of extra information.