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Paperback Sita Book

ISBN: 0143064320

ISBN13: 9780143064329

Sita

(Book #2 in the The Great Indian Epics Retold Series)

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It is significant that the only character in Hindu mythology, a king at that, to be given the title of ekam-patni-vrata, devoted to a single wife, is associated with the most unjust act of abandoning her in the forest to protect family reputation. This seems a deliberate souring of an uplifting narrative. Ram's refusal to remarry to produce a royal heir adds to the complexity. The intention seems to be to provoke throught on notions of fidelity, property...

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