Ramcharitmanas, the Holy-Lake of the enactments of Lord God Rama is an Awadhi rendering of the Ramayana narrative. This Epic, which is religiously studied every day by millions of Hindus across the world, was composed by the medieval saint Tulsidas. In this edition we give a word-to-word Transliteration alongside the Original--making it easy for non-Hindi speakers to read this most Holy Scripture.

• An English Translation in natural communicative style follows group of...