Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2261: Nāradavākya saṃkṣepa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2261: Nāradavākya saṃkṣepa are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon; alternate title Śataślokī rāmāyaṇa from title page (f. 1r). Written in 9 lines per leaf. 6 leaves foliated 1-5 (upper left and lower right verso), 6 (upper left and lower right recto). Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout. Non-Latin script record. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2261 9954023943503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/770073943 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5402394 First chapter (sarga) of the first book (bālakāṇḍa) of the Rāmāyaṇa, a Hindu epic attributed to the sage Vālmīki; Vālmīki appears in the text in conversation with the mythical sage Nārada who relates the story of King Rāma to him; Vālmīki is moved by the death of a song bird and puts the epic story into śloka verse, as a result. In Sanskrit Nāradavākya saṃkṣepa नारदवाक्य संक्षेप Vālmīki Colophon: ity ārṣarīrāmāyaṇe ādikāvye vālmīkīye bālakāṃḍe śataślokīrāmāyaṇe nāradavākyasaṃkṣepo nāmaprathamaḥ sargaḥ // 1 // śrīsītārāmacaṃdrārpaṇam astu // śrīḥ (f. 6r).

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 1 item (6 leaves) : 12 x 25 cm Epic literature, Sanskrit Nārada (Hindu mythology) Poems Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century