Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa

Subjects:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Rāma (Hindu deity).
Lakṣmaṇa (Hindu deity).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Ātman.
Nonviolence -- Religious aspects.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Poems.
Prayers.
Hymns.
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. Contains a version of the Rāmagītā. Manuscript is divided into seven traditional division each with independent foliation; the sixth section, sometimes referred to as the Laṅkākāṇḍa, is referred to here as the Yuddhakāṇḍa (Battle book). Sanskrit commentary by Rāmavarmaṇ running above and below the main text.

Contents:

(Part one:) Bālakāṇḍa
(Part 2:) Ayodhyākāṇḍa
(Part 3:) Āraṇyakāṇḍa
(Part 4:) Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa
(Part 5:) Sundarakāṇḍa
(Part 6:) Yuddhakāṇḍa
(Part 7:) Uttarakāṇḍa.

Notes:

Author of commentary is Rāmavarmaṇ son of Himmativarmaṇ (Part 7, f. 53r)
Title from colophon of the Uttarakāṇḍa (f. 53r).
Written in 7-12 lines per leaf.
327 leaves foliated (Part 1:) 1-47, (Part 2:) 1-50, (Part 3:) 1-37, (Part 4:) 1-39, (Part 5:) 1-24, (Part 6:) 1-77, (Part 7:) 1-53, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon (Uttarakāṇḍa, primary text): iti śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde uttarakāṃḍe navapaḥ sarga // 9 // (Part 7, f. 53r).
Colophon (Uttarakāṇḍa, commentary): iti śrīmatsakalarājavi[??]uddharaṇasamarthesādivirudāvaIīvirājamānasya himmativarmaṇaḥ / putrasya śrīrāmavarmaṇaḥ kṛtāvadhyātmarāmāyaṇasetau uttarakāṃḍe navamaḥ sargaḥ // 9 // cha // samāptaḥ śubham astu saṃ[vat] 18 // 57 // cha // (Part 7, f. 53r).
Dated saṃvat 1877 (1820) and śaka 1725 (1803) (Part 1, f. 50r); and saṃvat 1857 (1800) (Part 7, f. 53). Dating is inconsistent, saṃvat 1877 is likely a mistake; the manuscript was likely written between 1800 and 1803 AD.
Mistakes covered over 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.

Penn Provenance:

Original recention of the text is from a family from Rajputana and was obtained from Jaipur state government in 1900 AD.

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 1161 (UP 2614).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2614

Contributor:

Rāmavarmaṇ (Son of Himmativarmaṇ), commentator for written text.

OCLC:

794412889