Ramayana

and myths are the most powerful tools used by patriarchy to subordinate women. Myths attribute to women a gender identity built on the binary logic and a sexual identity submerged within the phallic system. From the feminist perspective, the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata depict woman as a non-entity, totally subservient to man. The epic provides a…

“Book X” of The Republic, Plato examines what is true and what is not, including stories and how the truthfulness is connected to the value of the stories. Similarly, in “Three Hundred Ramayanas,” A.K. Ramanujan explores the differences and similarities in some of the many tellings of the Indian tale The Ramayana, attempting to determine if one version is the original. While Ramanujan and Plato are both writers themselves, their views on written work are polar opposites. Plato argues stories…

In the short story, interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri incorporates symbols to help the reader better understand the relationships that are shown. The symbols vary from objects to actions. Often times these symbols can be overlooked and rendered meaningless, but with intent examination they can help us better understand the story and the relationships that are portrayed. Interpreter of Maladies is a story centered around a family and their tour guide. This family includes a Mrs. Das, Mr.…

Submission and Action of Religious Heroines Written expressly to convey the main beliefs and principles of their respective religions, the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, and the Hebrew Bible are composed as epic histories and biographies of mythic figures, whose lives act as fables to teach these principles to the educated, uninitiated believers. In most cases, these fables are told through a heroic male character, blessed by God or a god, who fulfills a destiny defined by his relationship with…

As per the Vedas it is believed that once there were seven sages and Atharvan was the legendary among others who learnt the fire sacrificed or yajna, performed and then delivered the knowledge to others and with Sage Angiras he had written the Atharvaveda. Also in mundaka upnisad and some other texts, it is mentioned that he was born from the mind of the brahma and was the eldest son. Thereafter the races were started and people were known and categorized according to the different seven sages…

The Manusmrti remains one of the finest embodiments of Classical Hindu law and of fundamental importance in any study on law in India. Buhler designates Manusmrti as 'Bhrigu's version of the Institutes of Sacred law proclaimed by Manu".14 Its opening verses describe how Manu, the descendent of the self¬ existent Brahmana was approached by the great sages to explain the sacred law. Buhler further explains that if the versions given by commentators like Govihdraja, Narayana and Raghavananda as…

What is it about the Ramayana that makes it well-suited for shadow puppetry? The purpose of this investigation is to know in which ways the practice of shadow puppetry is conducive to the performance of ancient legends. Ramayana is performed with Shadow Show; Shadow Show play is also known as shadow puppetry this is an ancient practice in which people express and show their stories to entertain people. This type of theatre uses flat articulated figures that create the impression of humans…

CHAPTER 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION My Seminar Paper entitled ‘RAMAYANA- THE GAME CHANGERS’ is based on Kamban’s (sometimes pronounced as Kambar or Kamba) version of Ramayana which is translated and produced by one of the major stalwarts of modern Indian literature i.e. R.K. Narayan himself. His book entitled The Ramayana is a short version in the prose form of the epic and, serves as a base for my groundwork in this Seminar Paper. This paper would be divided into five chapters out of which the first,…

The Bhagavad-Gita is a story about a one of the Pandava brothers in combat against the Kauravas for the rights to the kingdom. The story takes place on the battlefield of Kuruksheta and contains the divine conversation between Arjuna of the Pandavas brothers and an avatar of Lord Krishna. The arguments presented in this story rationalize and support “righteous war” or dharmya yuddha, war that is just and well deserved (Upadhyaya, 164). Arjuna questions the morality of the situation and seeks…

“We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” This quote once proclaimed by the notable Benjamin Franklin tells us much about the status of group mentality at the time of its spoken word. Aside from practical advice, these words were recognized and proliferated that the people of the United States must work together to defeat their foe, the British King. Keeping this in mind, we can apply the same analytical set to other stories of cultures around the…