| Many Ramayanas |
| PREFACE |
| A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION |
 | PART ONE LARGER PATTERNS |
 | One Introduction: the Diversity of the Ramayana Tradition |
| Two Three Hundred Ramayanas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation |
| Three Ramayana, Rama Jataka, and Ramakien: A Comparative Study of Hindu and Buddhist Traditions |
| PART TWO TELLINGS AS REFASHIONING AND OPPOSITION |
| Four The Mutilation of Surpanakha |
| Five Fire and Flood: The Testing of Sita in Kampan's Iramavataram |
| Six A Ramayana of Their Own: Women's Oral Tradition in Telugu |
| Seven The Raja's New Clothes: Redressing Ravana in Meghanadavadha Kavya |
| • | Eight Creating Conversations: The Rama Story as Puppet Play in Kerala |
| PART THREE TELLINGS AS COMMENTARY AND PROGRAMS FOR ACTION |
| Nine E. V. Ramasami's Reading of the Ramayana |
| Ten Ramayana Exegesis in Tenkalai Srivaisnavism |
| Eleven The Secret Life of Ramcandra of Ayodhya |
| Twelve Personalizing the Ramayan: Ramnamis and Their Use of the Ramcaritmanas |
| Notes |
| CONTRIBUTORS |
| INDEX |
| • | A |
| • | B |
| • | C |
| • | D |
| • | E |
| • | F |
| • | G |
| • | H |
| • | I |
| • | J |
| • | K |
| • | L |
| • | M |
| • | N |
| • | O |
| • | P |
| • | R |
| • | S |
| • | T |
| • | U |
| • | V |
| • | W |
| • | Y |