Bibliography

Mandakranta Bose, ed. The Ramayana Revisited (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004)

John Brokington, “The Concept of Dharma in the Ramayana” Journal of Indian Philosophy 32, no. 4, pp. 655-670

Arti Dhand, “The Dharma of Ethics, the Ethics of Dharma” Journal of Religious Ethics 30, no. 3, pp. 347-372

Diana Eck, “Following Rama, Worshipping Siva” in Devotion Divine: Bhakti Traditions From the Regions of India, Diana Eck & Francoise Mallison, eds. (Groningen: Egbert Forsten, 1991), pp. 49-71

Robert P. Goldman, ed. The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic Poem of India, vol. 1 (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984)

Thomas Manickam, “The Idea of Liberation in Ramayana” Journal of Dharma 22, no. 2, pp. 155-164

J.M. Macfie, Myths and Legends of India: An Introduction to the Study of Hinduism (New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 1992)

R.K. Narayan, The Ramayana (New York: Penguin Books, 1972)

Mary Damon Peltier, “Sita’s Story” Journal of Vaisnava Studies 4, no. 4, pp. 77-103

Paula Richman, Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991)

K.R. Sundararajan, “The Ideal of the Perfect Life: The Ramayana” in Hindu Spirituality: Vedas through Vedanta, Krishna Sivaraman, ed. (New York: Crossroad Publishing, 1989), pp. 106-126

Susan Wadley & Priti Ramamurthy, eds. Spotlight on Ramayana: An Enduring Tradition (New York: The American Forum for Global Education, 1995)

Websites

Translations/summaries:

http://www.valmikiramayan.net: Original Sanskrit translation with resources and links on the Ramayana

http://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/hinduism/ramayana/ramaindex.asp: Romesh Dutt’s (1899) translation of the Ramayana

http://home.wlu.edu/~lubint/texts/Ramayana.pdf: Comprehensive summary of the Ramayana

http://www.mythfolklore.net/india/courseinfo/calendar.htm: Reading guide based on R.K. Narayan’s translation

Secondary literature:

http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft3j49n8h7&chunk.id=d0e97: Full text of Many Ramayanas by Paula Richman (see “Bibliography”)

Lesson plans:

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia: Multi-dimensional resource on south Asian social issues, religions and culture

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=599: NEH lesson plan on the Ramayana, focusing largely on artistic interpretation of various images

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/programs/sac/Outreach/ramayana/links.asp: Syracuse University’s South Asia Center provides lesson plans on moral dilemmas in the Ramayana alongside numerous images and maps of the story

Other:

Patrick Tiernan: Graduate paper (2005) on the role of dharma in the Ramayana based on the Srimad Rahasyatrayasara ("The Essence of the Three Divine Mysteries"), an example of systematic theology in south Indian brahminic Hinduism by the 14th c. theologian Vedanta Desika

http://www.ninapaley.com/Sitayana: Humorous animation of the Ramayana from Sita’s perspective