Igi 5 game free download ocean of games. Sath nibhana sathiya 973. |||||| A BRIEF SUMMARY OF RANGANAYAKAMMA'S 'RAMAYANA VISHAVRUKSHAM' 'Ramayana Vishavruksham', meaning 'Ramayana, the poisonous tree', is a Marxist critique but based entirely on Valimiki's Ramayana. It proceeds in the same order as that of the Sanskrit original: Balakanda, Ayodhyakanda, Aranyakanda, Kishkindhakanda, Yuddhakanda, Sundarakanda and Uttarakanda. While Valmiki's Ramayana is of seven volumes/parts, Ranganayakamma's 'Ramayana Vishavruksham' is in three volumes/parts each volume running about 700 pages. Similarly while Valmiki Ramayana is composed of about 2,400 slokas (poems), Ramayana Vishavruksham is composed of 16 long-stories accompanied by 11 links (narratives that 'link' the stories) and about 600 foot notes that show evidence from the Sanskrit original in support of the critique. ![]() Ranganayakamma followed the two original Sanskrit versions which are printed in Telugu script accompanied by 'prati padardha' (word for word meanings), 'tatparya' (summary) and 'tika' (commentary) by Gattupalli Seshacharyulu and Chadaluvada Sundara Rama Sastrulu and published by Shashilekha Mudrakshara Sala of Chennai and Vavilla Ramasastulu and sons of Chennai respectively during the period 1900-1955. Besides the main text-components, Ramayana Vishavruksham has long prefaces (in volumes 1 & 2) and a long post-script (in volume 3). The three volumes appeared in three consecutive years: 1974, 1975 and 1976 and have been reprinted several times (volume 1 for 7 times, volume 2 for 6 times and volume 3 for 4 times so far (by early 2000). VOLUME ONE The introduction to vol. 1 runs about 175 pages and narrates the process of evolution of human society from 'primitive' (-communist) stage to the future/possible-communist) stage. It characterizes culture of Ramayana as predominantly feudal in nature with an admixture of the remnants of primitive tribal culture. In her preface and foot notes, Ranganayakamma attempted to establish intermediate links between the nature of economy and the culture in a given stage of society in general and in Ramayana in particular. This makes her work a Marxist critique. It is interesting to note that considerable number of readers turned to Marxism after reading this long preface which explained exploitation of labour and other related concepts of Marxism in a very easily understandable manner: so easy a manner that even an average literate worker or a house-wife could understand the concept of exploitation f labour. The first volume has three stories and two 'link' narrations. The writer selected certain important events and presented them in the form of stories. She presented other not-so-important events by way of 'links', which took the form of 'general narration'. The first story in the first volume is titled 'This is Ramayana!' The story begins with Vishwamitra's visit to Dasaratha for taking Rama and Lakshmana along with him with an intention to kill Tataki. Tataki, according to Valimiki is a 'rakshasha' woman (demon) who obstructs the sacrificial activities of the sages. The questions, which Vishwamitra puts to Dasaratha, according to the writer, show in a striking manner a particular social set up. He puts questions of this sort: 'Are your tributary kings obedient to you? Are you doing 'yagnas' and 'yagas' (sacrificial rites)? There is, of course, another Telugu translation of Kapital but that is only an abridged edition. What makes Ranganayakamma's book distinctly separate is its sheer readability. She says her book is aimed at an average literate person. To achieve this feat, she has taken 13 years to read and interpret Marx.
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