रामोपाख्यान—the story of Rāma in the Mahābhārata: an independent-study reader in Sanskrit.
By Peter M. Scharf. 2023.
Revised edition in Roman.

Volume 1: Introduction and appendices.

• Preface... iii
• A. Improvements ... iii
• B. Production... iv
• Table of contents ... vii
• List of tables... xi

Introduction ... 1

• I. Divine, historical, and spiritual dimensions... 3
• A. The story of Rāma... 3
• 1. The human dimension... 4
• 2. The divine dimension... 5
• B. The Rāmopākhyāna... 5
• C. Textual limits to the divine dimension... 5
• 1. Limits in the Rāmāyaṇa... 6
• 2. Limits in the Rāmopākhyāna... 7
• D. Rāma and Sītā’s humanity... 9
• 1. Human emotions, intelligence, etc... 9
• 2. Rāma’s ethics... 9
• a. The mutilation of Śūrpaṇakhā... 9
• b. The slaying of Vālin ... 10
• c. The rejection of Sītā ... 10
• E. Moral versus mundane factors in Sītā’s rejection ... 12
• F. Moral revisionism in narrative adaptation ... 14
• 1. Parallels to Sītā’s case... 15
• 2. Comparison of Yudhiṣṭhira’s and Rāma’s exiles ... 16
• G. The historical basis... 16
• 1. The monkeys...17
• H. The spiritual dimension... 18
• 1. Various classes of beings... 18
• 2. Siddhis...18
• 3. Transcending and enlightenment... 22
• II. Structure and content ... 25
• A. Text in Devanāgarī and Roman... 25
• B. Analyzed sandhi... 26
• C. Inflectional identification... 26
• 1. Nominals...26
• 2. Verbs...27
• D. Glossary...28
• 1. Stem...29
• 2. Lexical identification... 30
• a. Noun...30
• b. Pronoun...31
• c. Adjective... 32
• d. Number...32
• e. Participle... 32
• f. Adverb, particle, etc... 33
• g. Verb...33
• h. Compound... 35
• i. Classification ... 35
• ii. Labeling... 37
• 3. Derivation... 38
• a. General conventions ... 39
• b. Simple derivations ... 39
• c. Primary nominal derivates... 40
• d. Secondary nominal derivates ... 41
• e. Compound derivation... 42
• i. Compound-gloss(vigraha-vākya)... 43
• ii. Dvandva... 43
• iii. Karmadhāraya... 44
• iv. Dvigu...44
• v. Tatpuruṣa... 45
• a. Dvitīyā through saptamī tatpuruṣa ... 45
• b. Upapada-tatpuruṣa ... 45
• c. Nañ-tatpuruṣa... 45
• d. Gati-tatpuruṣa... 45
• e. Prādi-tatpuruṣa... 47
• vi. Bahuvrīhi... 47
• vii. Ambiguities in compound-derivation ... 48
• a. Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa versus upapada-tatpuruṣa ... 49
• b. Numerical compounds... 50
• E. Sanskrit prose ... 51
• F. Notes...54
• G. Translation... 56
• III. Suggestions for use... 57
• A. Suggestions for students ... 58
• 1. Serious independent study... 58
• 2. Devanāgarī lesson... 60
• 3. Sandhi lesson... 60
• 4. Casual independent study ... 60
• 5. Advanced independent study... 61
• 6. Advanced study and research... 61
• a. Nīlakaṇṭha... 61
• b. Pāṇini...61
• c. Semantic and lexical research... 61
• d. Syntactic research... 62
• B. Suggestions for instructors... 62

Appendices ... 65

• Glossary of proper names... 67
• Genealogy... 93
• Word index ... 95
• List of abbreviations, and morphological and lexical identifiers...141
• Bibliography ...145
• 1. Introductory Sanskrit textbooks...145
• 2. Further Sanskrit instruction...145
• 3. Dictionaries ...146
• 4. Reference grammar...146
• 5. Pāṇinian grammar ...146
• 6. Critical editions of the epics...148
• 7. English translations of the epics ...148
• 8. Production in audio visual media...149
• 9. Research on the story of Rāma ...150
• 10. Other references...156

Volume 2: Text, analysis and translation.

• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २५७
  युधिष्ठिरप्रश्नः
  Yudhiṣṭhira’s lament over the abduction of Kr̥ṣṇā ... 1
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २५८; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १
  रामरावणयोर्जन्मकथनम्
  The birth of Rāma and Rāvaṇa ... 15
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २५९; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय २
  रावणादिवरप्राप्तिः
  The obtainment of boons by Rāvaṇa and his siblings ... 33
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६०; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय ३
  वानराद्युत्पत्तिः
  The birth of the gods in the form of monkeys and bears ... 81
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६१; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय ४
  रामवनाभिगमनम्
  The departure of Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, and Sitā to the forest ... 101
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६२; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय ५
  मारीचवधः सीताहरणं च
  The slaying of Mārīca and abduction of Sītā ... 159
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६३; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय ६
  कबन्धहननम्
  The slaying of Kabandha ... 204
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६४; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय ७
  त्रिजटाकृतसीतासान्त्वनम्
  The consolation of Sītā by Trijaṭā ... 252
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६५; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय ८
  सीतारावणसंवादः
  The dialogue of Sītā and Rāvaṇa ... 330
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६६; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय ९
  हनूमत्प्रत्यागमनम्
  The return of Hanūmat ... 362
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६७; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १०
  सेतुबन्धनम्
  The building of the bridge to Laṅkā ... 437
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६८; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय ११
  लङ्काप्रवेशः
  The first assault on Laṅkā ... 492
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २६९; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १२
  रामरावणद्वन्द्वयुद्धम्
  The battle between the pairs Rāma and Rāvaṇa, etc. ... 534
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २७०; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १३
  कुम्भकर्णनिर्गमनम्
  The emergence of Kumbhakarṇa ... 549
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २७१; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १४
  कुम्भकर्णादिवधः
  The slaying of Kumbhakarṇa, Vajravega and Pramāthin ... 580
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २७२; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १५
  इन्द्रजिद्युद्धम्
  Indrajit’s felling of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa ... 610
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २७३; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १६
  इन्द्रजिद्वधः
  Lakṣmaṇa’s slaying of Indrajit ... 638
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २७४; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १७
  रावणवधः
  Rāma’s slaying of Rāvaṇa ... 672
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २७५; रामोपाख्यान, अध्याय १८
  रामाभिषेकः
  Rāma’s reunion with Sītā, return to Ayodhyā and consecration ... 705
• महाभारत आरण्यकपर्वन्, अध्याय २७६
  युधिष्ठिराश्वासनम्
  Mārkaṇḍeya’s encouragement of Yudhiṣṭhira ... 778