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Title

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa āraṇyakhaṇḍa
अध्यात्मरामायण आरण्यखण्ड

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 330
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9954493933503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780319493
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5449393

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 third section (kāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Rāma visits various ashrams in the forest and Sītā is abducted by the demon Rāvaṇa; however, Sītā is hidden from the demon who kidnaps an illusory Sītā in her place. Manuscript is missing beginning of text.

Notes

• Title from back title page (f. 42v).
   
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated śaka 1776 (1854) (f. 42v).
   
• Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins;significant symbols, words, and phrases highlighted in red.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (42 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: ity āraṇyaṃ kāṃḍaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīsītārāmacaṃdraprasaṃnn // śake 1776 pramādīnāmasaṃvatsare māghaśu / 1 samāptaḥ // hastākṣarakṣarabhaṭakhayāvarake / atmārāmabovoyāyāṃ ce ase // (f. 42r)

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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