R¿mop¿khy¿na - the story of R¿ma in the Mah¿bh¿rata

Consisting of about 25,000 verses in V¿lm¿ki's R¿m¿yäa, the story of R¿ma was summarized in 704 verses in eighteen chapters in the R¿mop¿khy¿na, which comprises chapters 258-275 of the ¿räyaka Parvan of the great epic Mah¿bh¿rata. The story is introduced in chapter 257 and given an afterword in chapter 276 which bring the number of verses in this book to 728. The book includes a thorough introduction to the various dimensions of the story, a descriptive glossary of proper names with references to where they are used in the text, and genealogical trees of R¿ma and R¿väa. The present English translation of the R¿mop¿khy¿na is suitable for secondary school and university students, and adults.