![]() An academic, analytical study of 14 versions / adaptations of the Ramayana with. Translated into English for the first time by renowned and recently deceased writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen, this edition brings a beloved religious tale to a new audience in the twenty-first century. Buy Ramayana - A Comparative Study (e Book) by Anuradha S Rao in India. Its location in the tales of everyday life has ensured that Chandrabati’s Ramayan lives on in the hearts of village women of modern-day India. ![]() Written by the great sage Valmiki, the Ramayana is referred to as the Adi Kavya or original epic. The word Ramayana, literally means 'the march (ayana) of Rama' in search of human values. Written in order to be sung before a non-courtly audience, mainly of womenfolk of rural Bengal, Chandrabati’s Ramayan adds new characters and situations to the story to provide new interpretations of already known events drawing richly on elements of existing genres. The Ramayana is the epic tale of Shri Rama, which teaches about ideology, devotion, duty, dharma and karma. Idolized as a model of marital obedience and chastity in Valmiki’s Ramayan, Chandrabati’s lyrical retelling of Sita’s story offers us a fresh perspective. She was also the first poet in the Bangla language to present a retelling of the Ram story from the point of view of Sita. Chandrabati, the first woman poet in Bangla, lived in the sixteenth century in Mymensingh district in present day Bangladesh.
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