Sundarakāṇḍa, circa 1700-1850.
सुन्दरकाण्ड

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Rāmavarman, commentator for written text.

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu mythology.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Sita (Hindu deity).

Hanumān (Hindu deity).

Monkeys--Religious aspects.

Monkeys--Folklore.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (36 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 34 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 343

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

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 fifth section (kāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa contains the narrative about the monkey deity Hanuman's exploration of the island of Laṅkā; he visits the princess Sītā, who is held captive by the demons who live on the island, and sets fire to their main city. Text contains a Sanskrit commentary (setu) by Rāmavarmaṇ, son of Himmati Varmaṇ, running parallel (above and below) the main Sanskrit text.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); second title Adhyātmarāmāyaṇasetu sundarakāṇḍa, related to commentary of Rāmavarmaṇ, from colophon (f. 36r).

Written in 5-9 lines per leaf.

36 leaves foliated 1-36, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti śrīmad adhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde suṃdarakāṃḍe paṃcamaḥ sargaḥ // 55 // suṃdarakāṃḍe sargāḥ paṃcaivādhyātmikaśavdite proktāstrīṇiśatāniślokāstribhuvanavanapāpaharāḥ // śrīrāmacaṃdrāyanamaḥ // śubhamastu // (f. 36r).

Colophon (Commentary): iti śrīmad adhyātmarāmāyaṇetsakalarājavipaduddharaṇasamayet yādivirudāvalīvirājamānasya himmativarmmaṇa[ḥ] putrasya śrīrāmavarmaṇaḥ kṛtāvad adhyātmarāmāyaṇasetau suṃdarakāṃḍe paṃcamaḥ sargaḥ // 5 // (f. 36r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

Non-Latin script record.

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 1169 (UP 343).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 343

Contains:

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇasetu sundarakāṇḍa.

OCLC:

782944699