The Thiri Rama: Finding Ramayana in Myanmar

The Thiri Rama: Finding Ramayana in Myanmar Praca zbiorowa Wydawca: Taylor & Francis Ltd Data wydania: 2019 ISBN: 9780367885656 Liczba stron: 392 Format: 219 x 433 x 22 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: The Thiri Rama - or the Great Rama - was written for court performance and is the only known illustrated version of the Ramayana story in Myanmar. Based on palm-leaf manuscripts and scenes carved on over 300 sandstone plaques at a mid-19th century Buddhist pagoda west of Mandalay in Myanmar, this book presents an original tra