{"product_id":"ramayana-book-two-ayodhya-9780814767160","title":"Ramayana Book Two: Ayodhya","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe king decides to abdicate in favor of Rama; but just as the celebrations reach their climax, a court intrigue forces Rama and Sita into fourteen years banishment; they dutifully accept their fate, and go off to the jungle. The other brothers refuse to benefit from his misfortune, which leaves nobody to run the city; eventually one of them is persuaded to act as regent, but only consents to do so on condition that he lives outside the city and acts in Rama's name.\u003cbr\u003e\"Ayódhya\" is Book Two of Valmíki's national Indian epic, The Ramáyana. The young hero Rama sets out willingly from the capital with wife and brother for a fourteen-year banishment, which will entail great suffering and further difficult choices in the books ahead. Of the seven books of this great Sanskrit epic, Ayódhya is the most human, and it remains one of the best introductions to the social and political values of traditional India.\u003cbr\u003eCo-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation\u003cbr\u003eFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http: \/\/www.claysanskritlibrary.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valmiki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clay Sanskrit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 4.40w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814767160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePollock, Sheldon I.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSheldon I. Pollock\u003c\/b\u003e is the William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Studies and Chairman of the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Language of the Gods in the World of Men: Sanskrit, Culture, and Power in Premodern India\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitanism and Literary Cultures in History: Reconstructions from South Asia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clay Sanskrit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40183704453235,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_41883f52-1810-4e74-811a-b47688880be8.jpg?v=1655558294","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ramayana-book-two-ayodhya-9780814767160","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}