Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa. Rāmagītā

Other Title:

Rāmagītāvivṛti.

Subjects:

Rāma (Hindu deity).
Lakṣmaṇa (Hindu deity).
Karma.
Hindu mythology.

Form/Genre:

Glossaries.
Prayers.
Poems.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text from the last section (uttarakāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, chapter five, a conversation between Rāma and his brother Lakṣmaṇa where Rāma propounds the merits of knowledge over that of action (karma); contains a Sanskrit commentary or gloss (vivṛti) by Mahīdhara, running parallel (above and below) the main Sanskrit text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 15v); secondary title Rāmagītāvivṛti referring to gloss by Mahīdhara from commentary colophon (f. 15v).
Written in 9-15 lines per leaf.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrī mahīdharaviracitā rāmagītā samāptaḥ // (f.15r).
Colophon (Commentary): iti śrī mahīdharaviracitārāmagītāviṣṭatisamāptaḥ // śrī rāmārpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1835 śake 1600 saumyanāmādve jyeṣṭhaśuddha 13 trayo dasyāṃ prāthaḥ stale bhānuvāsare te divasi samāptaḥ // cha // cha // cha // (f. 15v).
Dated saṃvat 1835 (1778) and śaka 1600 (1678) (f. 15v); these dates are by the same hand, but do not corroborate; one is an error, but not clear which.
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
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 1183 (UP 369).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 369

Contributor:

Mahīdhara, commentator for written text.

OCLC:

782943118