Change of Motivation in a Medieval Text: The Two “Ramayanas”

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Keywords: Ramayana; Sanskrit; Tulsidas; Valmiki; historical poetics

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Anastasiya G. Guriya Change of Motivation in a Medieval Text: The Two “Ramayanas”. // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2019. N 4, p.51–62

Anastasiya G. Guriya

Abstract

Comparing episodes from the Ayodhya book of Valmiki’s Ramayana and Tulsidas’s retelling, the article shows how changes in the characters’ motives reflect bhakti ideas and new models of virtuous conduct.