South Asian Epics: Epics
Jayalalitha as Draupadi, 1991 elections
Mahabharata Versions and Translations
These are just a few representative books. For many others, search CLIO.
Beginning the Mahabharata: a reader's guide to the frame stories by Call Number: Electronic bookISBN: 9780983447221Publication Date: 2011-11-21
Bhagavad Gītā : home study course : text in Sanskrit with transliteration, word-to-word and verse meaning, along with an elaborate commentary in English based on Śaṅkara-bhāṣyam by Call Number: Offsite BL1138.66 .D39 2012gISBN: 9380049390Publication Date: 20129 volumes
The Complete Mahabharata by Call Number: Offsite BL1138.25.M46 C66 2010gISBN: 9788129115843Publication Date: 2010
- Indian IdyllsFrom the Sanskrit of THE MAHÂBHÂRATA by Edwin Arnold, Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1907
Mahabharata by Call Number: Butler shelvesISBN: 0810130599Publication Date: 2015-03-30David R. Slavitt's new edition condenses the epic for the general reader.
The Mahābhārata by Call Number: PK3633.A2 B8ISBN: 0226846482Publication Date: 1973-1978v. 1. The book of the beginning; v. 2. The book of the assembly hall. The book of the forest; v. 3. Book 4: The book of Virata. Book 5: The book of effort; v. 7. 11, The book of the women. 12, The book of peace, part one.
- The MahābhārataBased on John Smith's revision of Prof. Muneo Tokunaga's version of the text, it was subjected to detailed checking by a team of assistants based in the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) in Pune, and is made available with BORI's agreement. Also available on mirror site.
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaTranslated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, published between 1883 & 1996
- The Mahābhārata The Great Epic of IndiaJames L. Fitzgerald's plot summary and reading suggestion links
- Mahabharat TV SeriesAll 94 episodes of B.R. Chopra's TV series are available on YouTube. Also available on the Internet Archive
The Ramayana, and The Mahabharata by Call Number: BL1138.25 .D88 1910Publication Date: 1910For other editions, search CLIO
- Ramayana/Mahabharata Dutt translationAbridged verse translation of both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, by Romesh C. Dutt, 1899
Ramayana Versions & Translations
These are just a few representative books. For many others, search CLIO.
- Bengali Scrolls of the RamayanaScroll from Calcutta in 1980. South Asia Center, Syracuse
Breaking the bow : speculative fiction inspired by the Ramayana by Call Number: Offsite PR9492.2 .B74 2012gISBN: 9381017042Publication Date: 2012
- Development and spread of the Rāma narrative (pre-modern)John Brockington and Mary Brockington, Oxford University Research Archive, 2016.
This material is part of a continuing attempt to survey presentations of the Rāma story as it has been developed from its origin in the so-called Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, through transformations in all genres, media, languages, religions and geographical areas, up to approximately the end of the eighteenth century.
The Forest Book of the Ramayana of Kampan by Call Number: PL4758.9.K27 R35213 1988ISBN: 0520060881Publication Date: 1988
From Laṅkā eastwards : the Rāmāyaṇa in the literature and visual arts of Indonesia by Call Number: PL5158.9.R3 Z7 2011g and onlineISBN: 9789067183840Publication Date: 2010Articles on the Kakawin Ramayana, arguably the oldest Old Javanese epic text in Indic metres (circa 9th century AD)
The life of a text : performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas by Call Number: PK1947.9.T83 R33326 and onlineISBN: 0520066901Publication Date: 1991Philip Lutgendorf's study of the Tulsidas Hindi version of the Ramayana epic
Many Rāmāyaṇas : the diversity of a narrative tradition in South Asia by Call Number: PK2907.R25 M36 1991ISBN: 0520075897Publication Date: 1991
Questioning Ramayanas : a South Asian tradition by Call Number: PK2907.R25 Q83 2001ISBN: 0520220749Publication Date: 2001
The Ramayana : a shortened modern prose version of the Indian epic (suggested by the Tamil version of Kamban) by Call Number: PR9499.3.N3 R36 2006ISBN: 0143039679Publication Date: 2006
Ramayana : [King Rama's way] by Call Number: PS3552.U335 R3 1981ISBN: 0520043944Publication Date: 1981 [c1976]
- Ramayana, Griffith translationRamayan of Valmiki, translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith, M. A., [1870-1874]
- The Ramayan and other oral narratives of the Kunknas byCall Number: DS432.K57 V33 2012gPublication Date: 2012
- The Ramayana in SanskritIn Sanskrit, Devanagari and Romanization, from files created by Prof. Muneo Tokunaga of Kyoto and edited by John D. Smith
The Ramayana of Valmiki Balakanda by Call Number: BL1139.22 .E54 1984ISBN: 0691065616Publication Date: 1984-7 volume set (ultimately). v. 1. Bālakāṇḍa; v. 2 Ayodhyākāṇṇda; v. 3. Araṇyakāṇḍa; v. 4. Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa; v. 5. Sundarakanda; v. 6. Yuddhakāṇḍa
- Ramayana/Mahabharata, Dutt translationAbridged verse translation of both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, by Romesh C. Dutt, 1899
Ramayana stories in modern South India : an anthology by Call Number: PL4608.55 .E5 2008ISBN: 0253219531Publication Date: 2008Also available as electronic book
Reading the Rāmayāṇa : a bibliographic guide for students and college teachers : Indian variants on the Rāma-theme in English translations by Call Number: Z7049.I3 S6 1983ISBN: 0915984873Publication Date: 1983
- Sita Sings the BluesNina Paley's animated version of Valmiki's Ramayana, 2009
The Slaying of Meghanada: A Ramayana from Colonial Bengal by Call Number: PK1718.D74 M413 2004 and onlineISBN: 0195167996Publication Date: 2004
