Many Rāmāyaṇas the diversity of a narrative tradition in South Asia (University of California Press, 1991)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Three hundred Rāmāyaṇas : five examples and three thoughts on translation -- Rāmāyaṇas, Rāma Jātaka, and Ramakien : a comparative study of Hindu and Buddhist traditions -- Mutilation of Śūrpaṇakhā -- Fire and flood : the testing of Sītā in Kampaṉ's Irāmāvatāram -- Rāmāyaṇa of their own : women's oral tradition in Telugu -- Raja's new clothes : redressing Rāvaṇa in Meghanādavadha Kāvya -- Creating conversations : the Rāma story as puppet play in Kerala -- E.V. Ramasami's reading of the Rāmāyaṇa -- Rāmāyaṇa exegesis in Teṉkalai Śrīvaiṣṇavism -- Secret life of Rāmcandra of Ayodhya -- Personalizing the Rāmāyaṇ : Rāmnāmīs and their use of the Rāmcaritmānas