The Thiri Rama: finding Ramayana in Myanmar

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Abstract :
The Thiri Rama - or the Great Rama - was written for court performance and is the only known illustrated version of the Ramayana story in Myanmar. Based on palm-leaf manuscripts and scenes carved on over 300 sandstone plaques at a mid-nineteenth-century Buddhist pagoda west of Mandalay in Myanmar, this book presents an original translation of the Thiri Rama rendered in prose. The volume also includes essays on the history and tradition of the Ramayana in Myanmar as well as the cultural context in which the play was performed. It contains many helpful resources, incorporating a glossary and a list of characters and their corresponding personae in Valmiki Ramayana.

Registration No : B2926
Author :
Dawn F. Rooney (ed.)

Edition :
Impresum : New York: Routledge , 2017
Description :
Language : English

ISBN 978-1-138-03825-7

Classification:
1. 300 - SOSIO-CULTURAL COMMUNITY / 310.1 - CULTURE & INFORMATION - Culture and Arts

Keyword :
1 Ramayana
2 Culture
3 Myanmar


Availability :
Hard copies 1 of 1

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