----- Pages: 336 ----- Introduction "Ram" the name of the lord ofthe Raghu
lineage is glorious indeed in Hindu tradition, and it isunquestionably the
essence of its great medieval Hindi epic,Ramcaritmanas, composed by Gosvami
Tulsidas. But one may ask, howmany times in the course of this vast work does
the name "Ram"appear? The answer to this question (which may be found in
thepresent work) is not merely a matter of academic curiosity, butliterary
scholars and researchers often need to determine how manytimes and especially in
what specific contexts some great poet orauthor has used a certain word or
sequence of words. For example, ahistorian may seek all