Details

Subjects:

Rāma (Hindu deity).
Hindu mythology.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Commentaries.
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Referred to in the manuscript as Mahāmudgalabhaṭṭa; also known as Mudgala Bhaṭṭa and Mahāmudgala Sūri.

Summary:

Poem (kāvya) of 109 verses in āryā meter, praising the Hindu deity Rāma as the supreme lord of the universe and recounting his story, especially his prowess in archery. A commentary by the same author, the Rāmāryāstavapadārthadīpikā, runs parallel above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 24).
Written in 9-15 lines per leaf.
24 leaves foliated 1-24, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmahamudgalabhaṭṭaviracitaśrīrāmāryāstavapadārthadīpikāsaṃpūrṇā sītārāmārpaṇam astu // (f. 24v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 1725 (UP 2767).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2767.

Contains:

Mudgalabhaṭṭa. Rāmāryāstavapadārthadīpikā.

OCLC:

974805143