R¿mop¿khy¿na - the story of R¿ma in the Mah¿bh¿rata

af Peter Scharf

Consisting of about 25,000 verses in V¿lm¿ki's R¿m¿yäa, the story of R¿ma was summarized in 704 verses in eighteen chapters in the R¿mop¿khy¿na, which comprises chapters 258-275 of the ¿räyaka Parvan of the great epic Mah¿bh¿rata. The story is introduced in chapter 257 and given an afterword in chapter 276 which bring the number of verses in this book to 728. The book includes a thorough introduction to the various dimensions of the story, a descriptive glossary of proper names with references t... (Læs mere)