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Title

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa
अध्यात्मरामायण

Other related names

• Bālaṃ Bhaṭṭa, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 311
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954436123503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/779548166
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5443612

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); unlike the original story, Rāma is nonviolent and his wife Sītā is hidden from the antagonist Rāvaṇa who kidnaps an illusory Sītā in her place; takes the form of a dialogue between the Hindu deities Śiva (as Maheśa) and Pārvatī (as Umā); traditionally ascribed to the fictional author Vyāsa.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
   
• 157 leaves foliated into two parts; Part 1, 1-77; Part 2, 1-80, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1759 (1837) (Part 1, f. 77v).
   
• Scribe is Bālaṃ Bhaṭṭa the son of Mahādeva Bhaṭṭa (Part 1, f. 77v).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (157 leaves) : 14 x 29 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe kiṣkiṃdhakāṃḍe navamaḥ sargaḥ // kiṣkiṃdhākāṃḍe śarveṇokte supuṇyenavasargaḥ // paṃcaśatāniṇlokāḥ / duritaharāḥ paṃcaśatānipaṃcāśat // ataḥ paraṃ sudarakāṃḍaṃ tasyāyaṃ mādyaślokaḥ // śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ samudramaka[??]layaṃ // lilāṃghayiṣurānaṃdasaṃdehomārutātmajaḥ // śake 1759 hemaktaṃbīnāmasaṃvatsare āśvīnaśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ iṃduvāsare mahādevabhaṭṭātmajena bālaṃbhaṭṭena likhitaṃ svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // śubhaṃbhava / (Part 1, f. 77v).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Poems
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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