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Title

Ārṣarāmāyaṇa.
आर्षरामायण

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2589
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9974008753503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/970695517
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7400875

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. Manuscript is incomplete.

Notes

• Title from internal colophon (f. 90r).
   
• Written in 11-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 85 leaves foliated 6-90, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Internal colophon: ity ārṣe śrīrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye vālmīkiye vālakāṃḍe caturviśatisahasrakāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ śriyā śrīrāmakrī akhyānaṃ nāmasaptasaptatitamaḥ sargaḥ // 77 // (f. 90r)
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Final title page decorated with floral designs and a red wash
   

Extent

1 item (85 leaves) : 15 x 32 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Advaita
• Vedanta
• Hindu philosophy
• Philosophy, Indic
• Rāma (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology

Genres

• Treatises
• Dialogues
• Drawings (visual works)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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