| The Life of a Text |
| Acknowledgments |
| A Note on Transliteration |
| One The Text and the Research Context |
| Two The Text in Recitation and Song |
| Three The Text Expounded: The Development of Manas-Katha |
| Four The Art of Manas-Katha |
| Five Words Made Flesh: The Text Enacted |
| • | The Ramlila Tradition |
| • | The "Sport" of Kings: Evolution of the Banaras Ramlila |
| Three Contemporary Productions |
| Ramlila and Devotional Practice |
| The Ultimate Commentary |
| Six The Text in a Changing Society |
| Glossary of Names with Transliteration |
| Bibliography |
| Index |