Following the Path of One’s Duty: Tulsīdās’s Rāmcaritmānas as a Socio-Cultural Code

The significant role of Tulsīdās’s Rāmcaritmānas (1574) in north Indian ethos cannot be overestimated. The story of Rām’s deeds interpreted by the poet in agreement with the spirit of his times not only vocalizes its author’s ideas and is one of the best testimonies of his times’ world-view but, wh...

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Autor principal:	Danuta Stasik
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Tulsīdās Rāmcaritmānas varṇāśramadharma north Indian ethos Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f2ad9234db7e48f98a563e3c8c8113132021-11-27T12:53:13ZFollowing the Path of One’s Duty: Tulsīdās’s Rāmcaritmānas as a Socio-Cultural Code10.12797/CIS.15.2013.15.121732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/f2ad9234db7e48f98a563e3c8c8113132021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1553https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 The significant role of Tulsīdās’s Rāmcaritmānas (1574) in north Indian ethos cannot be overestimated. The story of Rām’s deeds interpreted by the poet in agreement with the spirit of his times not only vocalizes its author’s ideas and is one of the best testimonies of his times’ world-view but, what is especially significant, it unhesitatingly supports the core values of the Hindu varṇāśramadharma. As a result, throughout the centuries since its inception, the poem has enjoyed high moral status among Hindus, for whom it has set the model of life to be followed. This paper forms an attempt at exploring the Rāmcaritmānas as a socio-cultural code that sets out the boundaries of “how things should be done”, therefore the important term maryādā / maryādit is first referred to. The focus of the analysis are the rules of conduct formulated in the poem, which aim at regulating the life of society, and the consequences caused by observing or breaking them. Danuta StasikKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleTulsīdāsRāmcaritmānasvarṇāśramadharmanorth Indian ethosIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 15 (2021)
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description	The significant role of Tulsīdās’s Rāmcaritmānas (1574) in north Indian ethos cannot be overestimated. The story of Rām’s deeds interpreted by the poet in agreement with the spirit of his times not only vocalizes its author’s ideas and is one of the best testimonies of his times’ world-view but, what is especially significant, it unhesitatingly supports the core values of the Hindu varṇāśramadharma. As a result, throughout the centuries since its inception, the poem has enjoyed high moral status among Hindus, for whom it has set the model of life to be followed. This paper forms an attempt at exploring the Rāmcaritmānas as a socio-cultural code that sets out the boundaries of “how things should be done”, therefore the important term maryādā / maryādit is first referred to. The focus of the analysis are the rules of conduct formulated in the poem, which aim at regulating the life of society, and the consequences caused by observing or breaking them.
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Following the Path of One’s Duty: Tulsīdās’s Rāmcaritmānas as a Socio-Cultural Code

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