Ārṣarāmāyaṇa. Bālakāṇḍa, 1795.
आर्षरामायण. बालकाण्ड,

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Yogavāsiṣṭha. Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu mythology.

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu philosophy.

Advaita--Early works to 1800.

Advaita.

Vedanta--Early works to 1800.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy--Early works to 1800.

Philosophy, Indic--Early works to 1800.

Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800.

Rāma (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800.

Rāma.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

treatises

dialogues

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (73 leaves) : paper ; 18 x 41 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2294

Place of Publication:

1795.

१७९५.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

A treatise on Advaita (non-dualism) Vedānta philosophy attributed to the ancient sage Vālmīki but composed by an unknown medieval author. Framed within the mythological world of the epic Rāmāyaṇa, the text is presented as a dialogue between the sage Vāsiṣṭha and the epic hero Rāma.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 72v).

Written in 13-16 lines per leaf.

73 leaves foliated 1-73, upper left and lower right verso.

Commentary colophon: ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe bālakāṃḍe saptasaptatitamaḥ sargaḥ 77 // (f. 73v).

Dated śaka 1717 (1795) (f. 73v).

Mistakes covered over in white or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.

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 4228 (UP 2294).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2294.

OCLC:

961831337