Rāmagītā, circa 1700-1850.
रामगीता

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa. Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa. Rāmagītā

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Rāma.

Lakṣmaṇa (Hindu deity).

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Karma.

Hindu mythology.

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

poems

prayers (compositions)

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (28 leaves) : paper ; 7 x 10 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2207

Other Title:

Rāmagītāstotra.

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Text from the last section (uttarakāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, chapter five, a conversation between Rāma and his brother Lakṣmaṇa where Rāma propounds the merits of knowledge over that of action (karma). Presented within a discussion between the Hindu deity Śiva and Pārvatī.

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Rāmagītāstotra from colophon (f. 27r).

Written in 5 lines per leaf.

Colophon: iti śrībrahmāṃḍapurāṇe uttarakāṇḍe śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe / umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde uttarakāṃḍe śrīrāmagītāstotra saṃpūrṇaṃ // paṃcamādhyāyaḥ // cha // cha // (f. 26v-27r).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line. Decorative second page design, which likely served as the original cover; outer cover (f. 1r), one folio (f. 9), and part of colophon (f. 27r) written in second hand; outer cover and one folio (f. 9) on different paper.

Small booklet bound on top edge, likely glued.

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 1179 (UP 2207).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2207

OCLC:

791456241