{"product_id":"9789361313097","title":"Rama Rasa Transcendence and Worldliness in the Ramayana Tradition","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRama Rasa\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTranscendence and Worldliness in the Ramayana Tradition\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNikhil Govind\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Comparative Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ramayana tradition, with its multifarious aesthetic and spiritual claims, reveals its depth and versatility in this study of three influential texts: Bhavabhuthi's \u003ci\u003eUttara Rama Carita\u003c\/i\u003e, the anonymous \u003ci\u003eAdhyatma Ramayana\u003c\/i\u003e, and Tulsidas' \u003ci\u003eRamcaritmanas\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eighth-century \u003ci\u003eUttara Rama Carita\u003c\/i\u003e (Rama's Last Act) is a culmination of the Rama-tradition's aesthetic dimension. It showcases the tradition as crystallizing a pathos of \u003ci\u003eviraha\u003c\/i\u003e in myriad modes: separation between self and beloved, between parents and children, between royalty and populace, between life and after-life, between bereavement and memory. Drawing from this dramatic tradition, the fourteenth-century \u003ci\u003eAdhyatma\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRamayana\u003c\/i\u003e and Tulsidas' epochal sixteenth-century \u003ci\u003eRamcaritmanas\u003c\/i\u003e develop the Rama-narratives in the\u003cbr\u003emore soteriological directions of Advaita and Bhakti.\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the tradition, Rama's self is understood in both the dimension of time (learning and growth, despite all the wounds the world inflicts), as well as that which exists in the moment in the heated everyday encounter with partner, parents, children, and citizens. Taken together, these three texts provide a refreshing vantage into the Rama-tradition as it boldly takes on humanity's deepest quest for love, justice, and spiritual freedom. This book is written in a style that invites one to respectfully inhabit the tradition and allow the Rama-narrative to emerge, query, and ennoble our shared contemporary moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNikhil Govind\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor in Literary Studies at the Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts (MISHA), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka. He is the author, among other books, of the following Bloomsbury Academic titles--\u003ci\u003eShadow craft\u003c\/i\u003e (with Gayathri Prabhu, 2020), and the\u003ci\u003e Moral Imagination of the Mahabharata\u003c\/i\u003e (2022).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic India\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789361313097\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51197082894476,"sku":"9789361313097","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e0a2a6d4-8980-4743-9697-2663d0c7949a.jpg?v=1782962299","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789361313097","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}