Bhatti's Poem

Bhaṭṭi:
Bhaṭṭi's poem : the death of Rāvaṇa / by Bhaṭṭi. Transl. by Oliver Fallon. - New York : New York University Press ; JJC Foundation, 2009. - xxxvi, 524 S. - (The Clay Sanskrit library ; 45)
Einheitssachtitel: Bhaṭṭikāvya <Sanskrit, engl.>
ISBN 978-0-8147-2778-2 / 0-8147-2778-6
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Beschreibung
To the dry bones of grammar Bhatti gave juicy flesh in his poem, telling the greatest Indian story in clear elegant Sanskrit. Composed in the seventh century CE, in South India, Bhatti’s Poem: The Death of Rávana is both a poetic retelling of Rama’s adventures, and a compendium of grammatical and rhetorical examples for students. Its finest passages stands comparison with the best of Sanskrit poetry.
   This is the perfect companion to Pánini’s groundbreaking grammatical treatise, the Eight Books (Aṣṭādhyāyī), studied intensely for the millennium before Bhatti, just as it is today by linguisticians worldwide. Bhatti’s study aid to Pánini’s abstruse text gives examples disguised as the gripping, morally improving Ramáyana story. His systematic illustration of the canon of figures of speech is an important text in the history of Sanskrit poetics. One canto even gives a pleasant, accessible taster of the Prakrit language. In Bhatti’s own words: “This composition is a lamp to those whose eyes have language as their goal.”
   The story goes that Bhatti’s outdoors grammar class was one day interrupted by an elephant ambling between him and his pupils. By Hindu law this intrusion cancelled class for a year. Lest vital study time be lost, Bhatti composed his poem to teach grammar without textbooks. Ever since, Bhatti’s Poem: The Death of Rávana has been one of the most popular poems in Sanskrit literature. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
CSL Conventions. vii
Acknowledgments. xvii
Introduction. xix
BHATTI'S POEM: THE DEATH OF RÁVANA
Canto 1: The Birth of Rama. 3
Canto 2: Marriage to Sita. 14
Canto 3: The Exile of Rama. 35
Canto 4: The Rejection of Shurpa·nakha. 57
Canto 5: The Abduction of Sita. 71
Canto 6: The Alliance with the Monkeys. 97
Canto 7: The Search for Sita. 133
Canto 8: The Wrecking of the Grove. 159
Canto 9: The Capture of Hánuman. 189
Canto 10: Hánuman Burns Lanka. 223
Canto 11: Lanka. 249
Canto 12: The Defection of Vibhíshana. 267
Canto 13: The Invasion of Lanka. 299
Canto 14: The First Battle. 319
Canto 15: Kumbha·karna. 345
Canto 16: Rávana's Lament. 373
Canto 17: The Battle for Lanka. 385
Canto 18: Vibhíshana's Lament for Rávana. 411
Canto 19: The Coronation of Vibhíshana. 423
Canto 20: The Rejection of Sita. 433
Canto 21: The Ordeal of Sita. 443
Canto 22: The Return to Ayódhya. 451
Notes. 463
Glossary of Names and Epithets. 521

Quellen: Clay Sanskrit Library; WorldCat; Amazon; New York University Press.