Friday, November 2, 2007

Digital audio edition of the Ramayana in the library

UW Libraries has just ordered digital audio edition of Ramayan.

This resource can be used as a teaching/study resource as

* Each set includes an annotated bibliography outlining the contents ofthe entire program.
* Each canto and kanda has its own track on the digital production,making it very easy to locate and refer to particular sections.
* The translation used is the excellent version by renowned Indianjournalist, N. Raghunathan, and the production is read by professionalactors.
* All three volumes of the original text, including all seven kandas ofthe Ramayana, are included in the production

"This audio edition of the Ramayana provides the English-speaking audience the opportunity to hear one of India's two great epics in a manner closer to that of its original audiences in ancient India....The epic was composed to be heard and now English speakers can enjoy this greatmasterpiece of world literature in a more authentic form."

Peter Scharf, Dept. of Classics, Brown University

More information about this resource can be found at http://www.ramayanaudio.com/

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