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Title

Ayodhyākāṇḍa
सुन्दरकाण्ड

Other related names

• Rāmavarman, commentator for written text

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 345
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9956430083503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/782069152
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5643008

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. In this second section (kāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Rāma is exiled to the forest and his father dies. Text contains a Sanskrit commentary (setu) by Rāmavarmaṇ running parallel (above and below) the main Sanskrit text.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Adhyātmarāmāyaṇasetu ayodhyākāṇḍa, related to commentary of Rāmavarmaṇ, from colophon (f. 73r).
   
• Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 73 leaves foliated 1-73, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Colophon (Commentary): iti śrīmatsakalarājavipaduddharaṇasamarthetpādivirudāvalIvirājamānasya himmativarmaṇaḥ putrasya śrIrāmaśarmaṇaḥ kṛtāvadhyātmarāmāyaṇasetodhyākā[ṃ]ḍe navamaḥ sargaḥ // 5 // (f. 73r).
   
• Dated saṃ[vat] 1937 (1880), although written in a different hand on the front cover (f. 1r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (73 leaves) : 13 x 34 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmad adhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde ayodhyākāṃḍe navamaḥ sargaḥ // 9 // adhyātmarāmcarite 'yodhyākāṃḍe navānāṃ sargāṇāṃ saptaśatāni ślokāpuṇyāmokṣapradāḥ puṃsāṃ samāpta śubham astu // (f. 73r).

Provenance

• Appears to have been owned by a member of the Kānyakubja Brahman community (f. 1r).
   

Subjects topical

• Hindu mythology
• Rāma (Hindu deity)
• Sītā (Hindu deity)
• Siva (Hindu deity)

Genres

• Poems
• Prayers
• Dialogues
• Commentaries
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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