Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa. Selections.

Subjects:

Hindu mythology.
Rāma (Hindu deity).
Sita (Hindu deity).
Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character).
Siva (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Dialogues.
Poems.
Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

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

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1166 (UP 330).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 330

OCLC:

780320431