Found inside – Page 33The style of the statues has gradually changed character . ... less colossal and resemble more the usual Indonesian images of characters from the Ramayana . Found insideWhile the literal images of the Sanskrit animal similes are being brushed ... the characters and the events without succumbing to a dull and formulaic ... On Hinduism is a penetrating analysis of many of the most crucial and contested issues in Hinduism, from the Vedas to the present day. A retelling of the Tamil epic poem which records Prince Rama's search for his abducted sweetheart, Sita. Found inside – Page 248RAKSASA SENAPATIS V. has characterized almost all the Rk . senāpatis on a uniform pattern and somehow in the likeness of Rv . They are , so to say , lesser or greater images of Rv.'s personality . The more closely they are related to Rv . Found insideNames, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author's ... Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, ... Found inside – Page 164beauty images: in advertising, 37,50,55–56, 65–66, 73,78–79, 83; ... 62; negative affect, 100; of Ramayana characters, 30, 31–32; stereotypes, 43. Found inside – Page 159... attractive titles about the characters of the Ramayana in a simple style, ... of a 'meta-discourse'.40 Public ridiculing of sacred images and beliefs of ... Found inside – Page 107In South East Asia, for example, the religious characters of “Ramayana”, ... their names or images on articles of clothing (so-called “tie-in advertising”). Found inside – Page 47The stories are said to have been taken from the Ramayana or Mahabharata cycles, epic poems of ... an example of the use of type characters in these plays. Found inside... organizations have so far brought out the Epic Characters of the Ramayana ... stories, examples, plays and images, in a simple but interesting style so ... Found insideAny people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only. An epic fantasy based on the ancient Hindu classic finds young Rama, heir to the throne of Ayodhya, called upon by the legendary mage Vishwamitra when two powerful demons raise an army to defeat the human world. 20,000 first printing. Found inside – Page 183This verse led him to probe Rama's character and the paradox presented by his ... He conceptualized the two protagonists as mirror images of each other, ... Ramayana is the story of Rama, the prince of Ayodhya. Found inside... and erotic love directed through specific characters from the epic; and, ... and Srivaisnava iconic mythology: identifying the image of Ranganātha at ... Found inside – Page 9... in the Rāmāyaṇa are expressed through replication, shadowing and mirror images. ... possibilities in terms of relationships, characters and story lines. Later when Hanuman went about burning Lanka, it was Sita and Vibhishana who remained unhurt. Vibhishana again requested Ravana to return Sita to SriRama and make peace with him. Found inside – Page 23... study the pen - pictures of female characters obtained in classical Sanskrit literature which forms one of the dominant bases of Indian culture . Dwivedi provides a broad survey of the values enshrined in Vedic literature , the Ramayana and ... Found insideSamhita Arni and Moyna Chitrakar, Sita's Ramayana, Tara Books and Groundwood Books. 41. Image courtesy of Tara Books. This elision is especially noticeable ... Teeming with powerful deities, love-struck monsters, flying monkey gods, magic weapons, demon armies, and divine love, Ramayana: Divine Loophole tells the story of Rama, a god-turned-prince, and his quest to rescue his wife Sita after she ... Found insidesight on some episodes and characters and not on others? ... which generate themes and images widely occurring in the South Indian visual tradition that ... Found insideThere are also a number of paintings of paired epic characters on a plain ... 151–68) but these portrait images will not be considered further here. Found inside – Page 38There are other occasions when Valmiki monitors multivalent dramatic images through the eyes of his characters with neither the narrator nor the character involved offering any exposition but contextualising the pictures so subtly as to evoke a ... Found inside – Page 149This adherence to order by the characters in bis Ramayana bore a striking resemblance to C. R.'s own self - image as a champion for “ order ” within the strange political situation as he perceived it during the early 1950's . Unable to fit into the ... Found inside – Page 48The popularity of epic characters especially Hanuman provided great inspiration to the Orissan artists for the creation of the images of the epic characters in many shapes and sizes . In short , it can definitely be said that the Ramayana was ... Found insideHere is one of the world's most hallowed works of sacred literature, the grand, sweeping epic of the divine bowman and warrior Rama and his struggles with evil, power, duplicity, and avarice. Found inside – Page 68In fact, children are referred sometimes as the images of the gods by the Indians. By casting the Ramayana characters in the midst of innocent and happy ... Found inside – Page 91... and composed a play about six characters from the writings of Gudipati ... she encourages readers to move beyond the stock images of pativrata and ... Found inside – Page 161The Ramayana is not , in any obvious way , of the old image [ its loss of power ) ... explain why it is repeatedly The figures of characters from the Ramayana ... Found inside – Page 497Krishna Dharma brings the characters, stories, and teachings of this great ... 20 black-and-white images • $34.99 An Imprint of MandalaEarth Editions PO Box ... Now in an authoritative, gripping retelling by the renowned Ramayana scholar Arshia Sattar, readers have a new chance to explore this classic’s riches. Rama is a brave young prince who is forced into exile. After she and Rama are banished from the kingdom, Sita is imprisoned in a garden and must prove herself to be true to Rama, in a graphic adaptation of the great Indian legend. Found inside – Page 4-49This Ramayana is deeply influenced by Vaishnava Bhakti ... The stance and expression of the characters give a synoptic account of the emotional situation. Found inside – Page 85(2004, 7–8) I will be exploring how themes, images, characters and narratives from the Ramayana were adapted and transposed from the “homeland” of India, ... The Original Ramayana Was Written Three Thousand Years Ago. Now, With Breathtaking Imagination And Brilliant Storytelling, Ashok K. Banker Has Recreated This Epic Tale For Modern Readers Everywhere. Found inside – Page 14Ramayana characters and instances have taken on a proverbial and metaphorical nature in India . Its familiarity has lent ... Artisans who were assigned to depict his image on various media captured it as a physical ideal , a warrior king ... Found insideBrimming with absurdity, intelligence, and wit, The Explosion Chronicles considers the high stakes of passion and power, the consequences of corruption and greed, the polarizing dynamics of love and hate between families, as well as ... Found insideThai kick - boxers use fighting positions named after characters and incidents as metaphors of movement . Tattoos or images of Hanuman worn on their bodies bestow strength , courage , endurance , and protect against pain during bouts . Found insideThe image of Ram or Sita or any event of the Ramayana alluded to the text ... imagery of characters and events even in the absence of printed visuals. Found inside – Page 280... puppeteers create to explain the names of major characters in the ivayang ... After the Arjunasasrabahu cycle comes the Ramayana cycle and then the ... Found inside – Page 286If wayang characters have served to represent Javanese to themselves for ... is taking place as the Mahabharata and Ramayana characters are released from ... Found insideAs one reads through this series of ten books, one finds the epic unfold in its various facets through the delineation of the characters that are featured. Found inside – Page 8Typical examples of lamak with Ramayana characters are in PLATES 19 and 21. Two characters ... A curtain or a room divider with small finely embroidered images of Ramayana characters spaced on a wide expanse of undecorated cloth . Found inside – Page 36the architects and patrons may have been experimenting with Ramayana niches on the Virupaksa before developing the ... In the symbolic message , the iconic images refer to the characters and events of the Ramayana ; it operates within a ... Found insideAnd Krishna possesses a character higher than that of Ulysses; ... brilliant and sunny Subhadra,—these are distinct images pencilled by the hand of a true ... The contributors to this volume focus on these "many" Ramayanas. While most scholars continue to rely on Valmiki's Sanskrit Ramayana as the authoritative version of the tale, the contributors to this volume do not. Found inside – Page 231While living away from Aundh he embarked on the Chitra-Ramayana ... 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