University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 2395

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DS ID:

DS7230

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 2395

Title:

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa sundarakāṇḍa

Date:

circa 1700-1850.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 12 x 13 cm

Note:

Written on European stock of paper with discernible watermark, possibly of a crown and various letters and/or numbers that are not quite legible.
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 deity Śiva (as Maheśa) and his consort the goddess Pārvatī (as Umā); traditionally ascribed to the legendary author Vyāsa. This fifth section (kāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa contains the...
Non-Latin script record.
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
22 leaves foliated 1-22, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon (chapter 4): iti śrīmadadhyā[t]marāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde suṃdarakāṃḍe caturthaḥ sargaḥ // 4 // (f. 21v-22r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Title from title page (f. 1r).

Keyword:

prayers (literary works)

poems

Manuscripts

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Siva (Hindu deity)

Hanumān (Hindu deity)

Monkeys--Folklore

Hindu goddesses

Sita (Hindu deity)

Rāma (Hindu deity)

Monkeys--Religious aspects

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9957556303503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3fv5j/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania