Details

Other Title:

Rāmāyaṇasāra

Subjects:

Rāma (Hindu deity).
Sita (Hindu deity).
Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character).
Epic literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Abridgements.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Name written as Agniveśamuni in manuscript (f. 13r).

Summary:

Abridged version supposed to represent the essence (sāra) of the epic Rāmāyaṇa, according to its author, retold in 102 verses; gives basic details about Rāma and Sītā, along with many other well known figures from the epic poem, with variations.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r); alternate title Rāmāyaṇasāra supplied by cataloger.
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: ity āgniveśamuninā viracitaṃ dvāvadhikaśataślokīrāmāyaṇaṃ samāptaṃ (f. 13r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 5287 (UP 2393).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2393.

OCLC:

965388654