Social Etiquette and Politeness in Welcoming Guests in Ancient India: A Study of Chapter 50 in Valmiki’s Ramayana
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Politeness, ancient India, Ramayana, Indology, etiquetteAbstract
This article presents the norms of social etiquette and politeness in welcoming guests in ancient India. For this purpose, chapter 50 of the first canto in Valmiki’s Ramayana has been analysed using Brown and Levinson’s theory of politeness. The Ramayana is considered to be the oldest existent epic in Sanskrit which was written down, according to Goldman (1984), between 700 BCE and 600 BCE after remaining in oral tradition for many centuries. The analysis suggests that a well-codified and elaborate code of conduct and social etiquette was practiced in ancient India during the Ramayana era.
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Balmiki (year not known) Ramayana. 10 April 2022 https://sanskritdocu- ments.org/sites/valmikiramayan/baala/sarga50/balaitrans50.htm
Brown, P. and Levinson, S., 1987. Politeness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Goldman, Robert P (1984). The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: An Epic of Ancient India. Princeton University Press.
Pattanaik, Devdutt (8 August 2020). "Was Ram born in Ayodhya". Mumbai Mirror
Vyas, Veda (Year not known) Mahabharat. https://www.mahabharataonline.com/translation/
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