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Title

Ārṣarāmāyaṇa.
आर्षरामायण

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2294
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9972315823503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/961831337
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7231582

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

A treatise on Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta philosophy attributed to the ancient sage Vālmīki but composed by an unknown medieval author. Framed within the mythological world of the epic Rāmāyaṇa, the text is presented as a dialogue between the sage Vāsiṣṭha and the epic hero Rāma.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 72v).
   
• Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.
   
• 73 leaves foliated 1-73, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Commentary colophon: ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe bālakāṃḍe saptasaptatitamaḥ sargaḥ 77 // (f. 73v).
   
• Dated śaka 1717 (1795) (f. 73v).
   
• Mistakes covered over in white or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   

Extent

1 item (73 leaves) : 18 x 41 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Advaita--Early works to 1800
• Vedanta--Early works to 1800
• Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800
• Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800
• Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800
• Rāma (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Treatises
• Dialogues
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century

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