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Title

Satyopākhyāna
सत्योपाख्यान

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 347
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958043333503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/803422382
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5804333

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

13th-century purāṇic retelling of the Rāmāyaṇa that focuses especially on the Hindu figures Sītā and Rāma, their backgrounds (such as place of birth, and assortment of adventures), and their amorous relationship. Presented as a dialogue between the legendary figures Sūta (the epic bard) and Śaunaka (a mythical sage). Though the manuscript is divided into two parts with separate foliation, the chapters run continuously between both: part one has chapters 1-49, while part two has chapters 50-79. Some folios are missing.

Notes

• Title from colophon (Part 2: f. 41r).
   
• Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.
   
• 117 leaves foliated 1-6, 12-26, 28-82 (chapters 1-49); 1-41 (chapters 50-79), upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1922 (1865) (chapter 79, f. 41r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

Extent

1 item (117 leaves) : 14 x 36 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śrīsatyopākhyāne sūtaśainakasaṃvāde rāmavālacaritre ekonā / śītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīsaṃvat // 1922 // (chapter 79, f. 41r)

Subjects topical

• Rāma (Hindu deity)
• Sītā (Hindu deity)
• Hindu mythology
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Sex--Religious aspects--Hinduism

Genres

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

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