Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 323: Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa uttarakāṇḍa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 323: Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa uttarakāṇḍa 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 (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. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 323 9954494033503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780319549 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5449403 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. In Sanskrit Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa uttarakāṇḍa अध्यात्मरामायण उत्तरकण्ड Colophon: iti śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāda uttara[kaṇḍe] [. . .] // (f. 62v).

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 1 item (61 leaves) : 11 x 22 cm Hindu mythology Rāma (Hindu deity) Lakṣmaṇa (Hindu deity) Sītā (Hindu deity) Siva (Hindu deity) Dialogues Poems Prayers Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century