Tulasidasa's Sri Ramacaritamanasa: The Holy Lake of the Acts of Rama (A Romanized Edition)

SHRI RAMACHARITAMANASA of Tulasidasa is the single most popular book of the Hindus, which, for over four centuries, has greatly appealed equally to the rich and the poor, the educated and the illiterate, the old and the young, and the scholar and the common man. Keeping in mind people's ever-increasing quest for the epic, this unique edition of the Ramacharitamanasa with verse-to-verse Hindi and English translation along with Tulasidasa's original text has been prepared. The translation rendered by an accomplished scholar maintains the intrinsic richness of the original. Special care has been taken to making it useful to the Indian brethren living abroad to whom the dialect of Tulasidasa's original may be somewhat incomprehensible. There has been a long-standing demand from the vast Indian community settled abroad for a standard and authentic edition of the Ramacharitamanasa. A special feature of this edition is the inclusion of Lavakushakanda, Shri Hanumanchalisa and Shri Ramashalaka Prashnavali. This edition is based on our original and widely acclaimed Shriramacharitamanasa-brought out in 1988. The present edition has been designed to meet their requirement by using the most modern printing and processing techniques to make it a work of an international standard. The mode of its recitation is given as a separate appendix. Adding to its uniqueness is the inclusion of an important section containing Indian, European and American scholars' criticisms of Tulasidasa's Ramacharitamanasa. A glossary of important proper nouns and epithets is given at the end. 

About The Author

DR. R. C. PRASAD was a University Professor of English at Patna University where he taught for about three decades. He was an eminent author, translator and editor. He had a good number of books to his credit.