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Podcast: New Books in Indian Religions
Episode: Philip Lutgendorf, “The Epic of Ram” (Harvard University Press, 2016-)
Description: Dr. Philip Lutgendorf is Retired Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies at the University of Iowa. He is currently working on a seven-volume translation of the Hindi devotional text, the Rāmcaritmānas written by the sixteenth-century North Indian poet, Tulsīdās. The first four volumes of the translation, entitled The Epic of Ram (Harvard University Press, 2016-), are currently available as part of the Murty Classical Library of India Series published by Harvard University Press and distributed in India by Penguin Books.
Shandip Saha is associate professor of Religious Studies at Athabasca Unive...