Robert Philip Goldman (born 1942)Entry at WorldCat Identities is the William and Catherine Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Sanskrit at the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley,Maclay, Kathleen (6 September 2017). Robert Goldman wins World Sanskrit Award for 2017. Berkeley News. Retrieved 15 October 2017.Profile at pathtoanandam.org. Retrieved 15 October 2017.Events, 9 & 10 September 2009, at sici.org. Retrieved 15 October 2017. and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since April 1996.Faculty profile at the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, BerkeleyR.P. Goldman: Brief CV
Goldman was born in 1942. He went to Columbia College and obtained an A.B. degree in 1964. He also received a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. Goldman is notable for his English translation of the Rāmāyaṇa published by Princeton University Press in 7 volumes between 1990 and 2019. His co-translators on the work included Sheldon I. Pollock, Rosalind Lefeber, Barend A. van Nooten, and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman. Goldman received the Sanskrit Award for 2017 by the Indian Council on Cultural Relations (ICCR).
References
Further reading Clay, John P. Ramáyana Synopsis. Clay Sanskrit Library. Retrieved 15 October 2017. Goldman, Robert P., ed. (1985). The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India, Volume I: Balakāṇḍa. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 15 October 2017. Rediff.com (1 June 2007). At US university, Sanskrit comes of age. Retrieved 15 October 2017. Sutherland, Sally J. and Goldman, Robert P. Devavanipravesika: An Introduction to the Sanskrit Language. Vedanta Society of Southern California. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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YouTube videos by UC Berkeley Robert Goldman sings from the Ramayana Published on 17 Nov 2016 Famous Ramayana epic now in modern English Published on 17 Nov 2016