Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa. Rāmagītā.

Rāmagītā, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (20 leaves) : paper ; 14 x 31 cm.

Text from the last section (uttarakāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, chapter five, a conversation between Rāma and his brother Lakṣmaṇa, in which Rāma propounds the merits of knowledge over that of action (karma). Presented as a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī. Commentary (ṭīkā) running above and below the main text by Rāmavarman son of Himantivarman, pupil of Nāgeśa (f. 19r).

Title from title page (f. [i] recto); title of commentary Rāmagītāṭīkā from end title page (f. 19v).

Written in 10-14 lines per leaf.

20 leaves foliated [i], 1-19, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmatsakalarājavipat utdharaṇasamarthety ādivirudāvalīvirājamānasya himaṃtivarmaṇaḥ putrasya śrīrāmavarmaṇaḥ kṛtāv adhyātmarāmāyaṇasyaitau uttarakāṃḍe śrīrāmagītāṭīkāpaṃcamasargaḥ // om̐ tat sat // cha // cha // (f. 19r).

Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; main text as well as other significant syllables, words, and phrases in commentary highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.

Non-Latin script record.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2258

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2258

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390

रामगीता, १७००-१८५०.