Ārṣarāmāyaṇa. Āraṇyakāṇḍa, circa 1700-1850.
आर्षरामायण. आरण्यकाण्ड,

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Yogavāsiṣṭha. Selections

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Advaita.

Vedanta.

Hindu philosophy.

Philosophy, Indic.

Hindu mythology.

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Rāma.

Genre:

treatises

dialogues

commentaries

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (214 leaves) : paper ; 18 x 41 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2296

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

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. A commentary by Maheśvaratīrtha, the Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā, runs horizontally above and below the root text.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 214r).

Written in 5-11 lines per leaf.

214 leaves foliated 1-214, upper left and lower right verso.

Commentary colophon: ity ārṣe rāmā[yaṇe] ara[ṇyakāṃḍe] pañca[sapta]titamaḥ sargaḥ 75 // (f. 214r).

Mistakes 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 4232 (UP 2296).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2296.

Contains:

Maheśvaratīrtha. Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā.

OCLC:

961831441