Upaśamaprakaraṇa, circa 1700-1850.
उपशमप्रकरण

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Yogavāsiṣṭha. Upaśamaprakaraṇa

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Vālmīki.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu mythology.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Rāma.

Genre:

treatises

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (23 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 22 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2177

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

The penultimate book (fifth of six) in a philosophical work expressed through a narrative, often considered a philosophical addendum to the Rāmāyaṇa. Presented as a dialogue between the sage Vasiṣṭha and king Rāma who seeks spiritual guidance. This book contains seven chapters. Includes excerpts from various schools of Hindu philosophy.

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 18v).

Written in 8-11 lines per leaf.

23 leaves foliated 1-23, upper left and lower right verso.

Internal colophon: ity upaśamaprakaraṇe suradūpākhyānaṃ nāmasaptamaḥ sargaḥ // (f. 18v).

Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 4198 (UP 2177).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2177.

OCLC:

959925322