Many Ramayanas
  PREFACE
  A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION

 collapse sectionPART ONE  LARGER PATTERNS
 expand sectionOne  Introduction: the Diversity of the Ramayana Tradition
 expand sectionTwo  Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation
 expand sectionThree  Ramayana, Rama Jataka, and Ramakien: A Comparative Study of Hindu and Buddhist Traditions

 collapse sectionPART TWO  TELLINGS AS REFASHIONING AND OPPOSITION
 collapse sectionFour  The Mutilation of Surpanakha
 expand sectionThe Surpanakha Episode
 •Mutilation as A Punishment for Women
 •Sexuality and Austerity in the Forest
 •Sita, and Surpanakha as Alter Egos
 expand sectionFive  Fire and Flood: The Testing of Sita in Kampan's Iramavataram
 expand sectionSix  A Ramayana of Their Own: Women's Oral Tradition in Telugu
 expand sectionSeven  The Raja's New Clothes: Redressing Ravana in Meghanadavadha Kavya
 •Eight  Creating Conversations: The Rama Story as Puppet Play in Kerala

 collapse sectionPART THREE  TELLINGS AS COMMENTARY AND PROGRAMS FOR ACTION
 expand sectionNine  E. V. Ramasami's Reading of the Ramayana
 expand sectionTen  Ramayana Exegesis in Tenkalai Srivaisnavism
 expand sectionEleven  The Secret Life of Ramcandra of Ayodhya
 expand sectionTwelve  Personalizing the Ramayan: Ramnamis and Their Use of the Ramcaritmanas

 expand sectionNotes
  CONTRIBUTORS
 expand sectionINDEX
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