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How Long Does it Take to Read Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 24 minutes to read Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology by Ajay K. Rao

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Description

The Rāmāyana of Vālmīki is considered by many contemporary Hindus to be a foundational religious text. But this understanding is in part the result of a transformation of the epic’s receptive history, a hermeneutic project which challenged one characterization of the genre of the text, as a work of literary culture, and replaced it with another, as a work of remembered tradition. This book examines Rāmāyana commentaries, poetic retellings, and praise-poems produced by intellectuals within the Śrīvaisnava order of South India from 1250 to 1600 and shows how these intellectuals reconceptualized Rāma’s story through the lens of their devotional metaphysics. Śrīvaisnavas applied innovative interpretive techniques to the Rāmāyana, including allegorical reading, ślesa reading (reading a verse as a double entendre), and the application of vernacular performance techniques such as word play, improvisation, repetition, and novel forms of citation. The book is of interest not only to Rāmāyana specialists but also to those engaged with Indian intellectual history, literary studies, and the history of religions.

How long is Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology?

Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology by Ajay K. Rao is 198 pages long, and a total of 51,084 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 39 minutes to read Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology aloud.

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Re-figuring the Ramayana as Theology is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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