Details

Subjects:

Rāma (Hindu deity).
Sita (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.

Form/Genre:

Dialogues.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

13th-century purāṇic retelling of the Rāmāyaṇa that focuses especially on the Hindu figures Sītā and Rāma, their backgrounds (such as place of birth, and assortment of adventures), and their amorous relationship. Presented as a dialogue between the legendary figures Sūta (the epic bard) and Śaunaka (a mythical sage). Though the manuscript is divided into two parts with separate foliation, the chapters run continuously between both: part one has chapters 1-49, while part two has chapters 50-79. Some folios are missing.

Notes:

Title from colophon (Part 2: f. 41r).
Written in 11-14 lines per leaf.
117 leaves foliated 1-6, 12-26, 28-82 (chapters 1-49); 1-41 (chapters 50-79), upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīsatyopākhyāne sūtaśainakasaṃvāde rāmavālacaritre ekonā / śītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // śrīsaṃvat // 1922 // (chapter 79, f. 41r)
Dated saṃvat 1922 (1865) (chapter 79, f. 41r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 1492 (UP 347).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 347

OCLC:

803400879