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Title

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa
अध्यात्मरामायण

Other related names

• Rāmavarmaṇ (Son of Himmativarmaṇ), commentator for written text

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2614
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957581553503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/794415254
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5758155

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Medieval retelling of the epic story of the Rāmāyaṇa, wherein the hero Rāma is identified with the universal spirit (adhyātma) and is nonviolent; narrative takes the form of a dialogue between the Hindu deities Śiva (as Maheśa) and Pārvatī (as Umā); traditionally ascribed to the legendary author Vyāsa. Contains a version of the Rāmagītā. Manuscript is divided into seven traditional division each with independent foliation; the sixth section, sometimes referred to as the Laṅkākāṇḍa, is referred to here as the Yuddhakāṇḍa (Battle book). Sanskrit commentary by Rāmavarmaṇ running above and below the main text.

Notes

• Author of commentary is Rāmavarmaṇ son of Himmativarmaṇ (Part 7, f. 53r)
   
• Title from colophon of the Uttarakāṇḍa (f. 53r).
   
• Written in 7-12 lines per leaf.
   
• 327 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-47, (Part 2:) 1-50, (Part 3:) 1-37, (Part 4:) 1-39, (Part 5:) 1-24, (Part 6:) 1-77, (Part 7:) 1-53, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Colophon (Uttarakāṇḍa, primary text): iti śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde uttarakāṃḍe navapaḥ sarga // 9 // (Part 7, f. 53r).
   
• Colophon (Uttarakāṇḍa, commentary): iti śrīmatsakalarājavi[??]uddharaṇasamarthesādivirudāvaIīvirājamānasya himmativarmaṇaḥ / putrasya śrīrāmavarmaṇaḥ kṛtāvadhyātmarāmāyaṇasetau uttarakāṃḍe navamaḥ sargaḥ // 9 // cha // samāptaḥ śubham astu saṃ[vat] 18 // 57 // cha // (Part 7, f. 53r).
   
• Dated saṃvat 1877 (1820) and śaka 1725 (1803) (Part 1, f. 50r); and saṃvat 1857 (1800) (Part 7, f. 53). Dating is inconsistent, saṃvat 1877 is likely a mistake; the manuscript was likely written between 1800 and 1803 AD.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (327 leaves) : 17 x 33 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon (Uttarakāṇḍa, primary text): iti śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde uttarakāṃḍe navapaḥ sarga // 9 // (Part 7, f. 53r).

Provenance

• Original recention of the text is from a family from Rajputana and was obtained from Jaipur state government in 1900 AD.
   

Subjects topical

• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Rāma (Hindu deity)
• Lakṣmaṇa (Hindu deity)
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Ātman
• Nonviolence--Religious aspects

Genres

• Commentaries
• Poems
• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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