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Ramayana
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780520383388
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 June 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Edition: 3rd edition
Illustration: 40 illustrations, 1 map
Contributors:
- Introduction by B.A. van Nooten
- Illustrated by Shirley Triest
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 388
About the Author
William Buck was a Sanskritist who devoted his life's work to modern retellings of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata as well as the Harivamsa, which remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1970.
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