The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume VII: Uttarakanda

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The seventh and final book of the monumental R?m?ya?a of V?lm?ki, the Uttarak???a, brings the epic saga to a close with an account of the dramatic events of King R?ma's millennia-long reign. It opens with a colorful history of the demonic race of the r?k?asas and the violent career of R?ma's villainous foe R?va?a, and later recounts R?ma's grateful

Robert P. Goldman is the William and Catherine Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Sanskrit and Indian studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and general editor of the R?m?ya?a Translation Project. Sally J. Sutherland Goldman is senior lecturer in Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley, and associate editor of the R?m?ya?a Translation Project.

"Winner of the A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation, Association for Asian Studies" "Winner of the 2017 World Sanskrit Award, Indian Council for Cultural Relations" "There is no question that the Goldmans have set a very high standard for translation and comprehension of epic Sanskrit. They are to be congratulated for their awesome work of many decades, for completing a landmark scholarly project that is truly epic and millennial in scale. The translation and expertise that has gone into this is not likely to be surpassed until at least the next kaliyuga."---Frederick M. Smith, Religious Studies Review