Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa. Selections.

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa uttarakāṇḍa, circa 1700-1850.

1 item (61 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm.

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 deities Śiva (as Maheśa) and Pārvatī (as Umā); traditionally ascribed to the legendary author Vyāsa. This last section (kāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa contains a description of the banishment of Sītā; fifth chapter of text, sometimes referred to as the Rāmagītā, is a conversation between Rāma and his brother Lakṣmaṇa. Text lacks the final folio and colophon is incomplete.

Title from colophon (f. 62v).

Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.

61 leaves foliated 1-52, 54-62, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāda uttara[kaṇḍe] [. . .] // (f. 62v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line; folios 54-58 written on different paper in second scribal hand.

Non-Latin script record.

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 323

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 323

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

अध्यात्मरामायण उत्तरकण्ड, १७००-१८५०.