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The Life of Padma: Volume 1.
・ISBN 978-0-674-66036-6 hard US$ 35.00
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| 著者・編者 | Svayambhudeva, |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | (Murty Classical Library of India) |
| 出版社 | (Harvard University Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2018 |
| ページ数 | 768 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A02-25265＞ |
解説
The first English translation of the oldest extant work in Apabhramsha, a literary language from medieval India, recounting the story of the Ramayana.
The Life of Padma, or the Pauemacariu, is a richly expressive Jain retelling in the Apabhramsha language of the famous Ramayana tale. The work was written by the poet and scholar Svayambhudeva, who lived in south India around the beginning of the tenth century. Like the epic tradition on which it is based, The Life of Padma narrates Prince Rama's exile, his search for his wife Sita after her abduction by King Ravana of Lanka, and the restoration of his kingship.
The first volume of The Life of Padma begins by recounting the histories and noteworthy ancestors of Rama's allies and enemies, focusing on his antagonist, Ravana. Svayambhudeva connects central characters from the Ramayana tradition to one another and to Rishabha, the founding prophet of Jainism, in a complex web of family relations dating back generations.
This is the first direct translation into English of the oldest extant work in Apabhramsha, accompanied by a corrected reprint in the Devanagari script of Harivallabh C. Bhayani's critical edition.