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Title

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa uttarakāṇḍa
अध्यात्मरामायण उत्तरकण्ड

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 323
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954494033503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780319549
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5449403

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. This last section (kāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa contains a description of the banishment of Sītā; fifth chapter of text, sometimes referred to as the Rāmagītā, is a conversation between Rāma and his brother Lakṣmaṇa. Text lacks the final folio and colophon is incomplete.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 62v).
   
• Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 61 leaves foliated 1-52, 54-62, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line; folios 54-58 written on different paper in second scribal hand.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (61 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāda uttara[kaṇḍe] [. . .] // (f. 62v).

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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