Bibliography on the Ramayana

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A Select Bibliography on the Ramayana and Sri Lanka


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Following is a select bibliography of scholarly books and articles reviewing Ramayana and Sri Lanka. 
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De Koning, D. (2018), The Ritualizing of the Martial and Benevolent Side of Ravana in Two Annual Rituals at the Sri Devram Maha Viharaya in Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka, Religions, Vol. 9, Issue. 9, No. 250 , doi:10.3390/rel9090250 (Link)

De Silva, B. (2014), Ramayana Trail in Sri Lanka: some foreign relations implications, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Vol. 59, Pt. 2, pp. 103-112 (JSTOR Link)

Dias, M. (2014), Distortion of archaeological evidence on the Ramayana, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Vol. 59, Pt. 2, pp. 43-54 (JSTOR Link)

Fousball, M. V. (1871), The Dasaratha Jataka, being the Buddhist story of King Rama, The original Pali text with a translation and notes, Copenhagen: Hagerdp and London: Trubner; Reprinted in part in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Vol. 59, Pt. 2, (2014), pp. 85-90 (JSTOR Link)

Godakumbura, C.E. (1980), Ramayana in Sri Lanka and Lanka of the Ramayana, in The Ramayana Tradition in Asia; Papers presented at the International Seminar on the Ramayana Tradition in Asia, New Delhi, December 1975, (ed.) V. Raghavan, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi (Reprint 1989), pp. 430-454;  Reprinted in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Vol. 59, Pt. 2, (2014), pp. 55-84 (JSTOR Link)

Goonatilake, S. (2014), Introduction to the issue of the Ramayana, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Vol. 59, Pt. 2, pp. 1-22 (JSTOR Link)

Henry, J. W. (2019), Explorations in the Transmission of the Ramayana in Sri Lanka, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 732-746, DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2019.1631739, (Link)

Henry, J. W. and Padma, S. (2019), Lankapura: The Legacy of the Ramayana in Sri Lanka, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 726-731, DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2019.1626127, (Link)

Kariyawasa, T. (2014), The Ramayana and folk rituals of Sri Lanka, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Vol. 59, Pt. 2, 2014, pp. 91-102 (JSTOR Link)

Padma, S. (2019), Borders Crossed: Vibhishana in the Ramayana and Beyond, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 747-767, DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2019.1631738 (Link)

Perera, B. N. (2014), Prehistoric Sri Lanka, Goonatilake, S, 2014, Introduction to the issue of the Ramayana, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, Vol. 59, Pt. 2, pp. 23-42 (JSTOR Link)

Sanmugeswaran, P., Fedricks, K. and Henry, J. W. (2019), Reclaiming Ravana in Sri Lanka: Ravana’s Sinhala Buddhist Apotheosis and Tamil Responses, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 796-812, DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2019.1631900, (Link)

Witharana, D. (2019), Ravana’s Sri Lanka: Redefining the Sinhala Nation?, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 781-795, DOI: 10.1080/00856401.2019.1632560, (Link)

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