Details

Standardized Title:

Yogavāsiṣṭha. Selections

Subjects:

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Hindu mythology.
Rāma (Hindu deity).

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a fragment from a section of the Yogavāsiṣṭha. It is part of a philosophical work expressed through narrative, considered an addendum to the Rāmāyaṇa. Presented as a dialogue between the sage Vasiṣṭha and king Rāma who seeks spiritual guidance.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v).
Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.
1 leaf.
Colophon: iti saptabhūmivyavasthā (f. 1v).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words or phrases highlighted in red.

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 4238 (UP 2179).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2179.

OCLC:

959925868