Dvāvadhikaśataślokīrāmāyaṇa, circa 1700-1850.
द्वावधिकशतश्लोकीरामायण

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Agniveśa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rāma (Hindu deity).

Rāma.

Sita (Hindu deity).

Sita.

Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character).

Rāvaṇa.

Epic literature, Sanskrit.

Genre:

poems

abridgements

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 25 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2393

Other Title:

Rāmāyaṇasāra

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Name written as Agniveśamuni in manuscript (f. 13r).

Summary:

Abridged version supposed to represent the essence (sāra) of the epic Rāmāyaṇa, according to its author, retold in 102 verses; gives basic details about Rāma and Sītā, along with many other well known figures from the epic poem, with variations.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13r); alternate title Rāmāyaṇasāra supplied by cataloger.

Written in 9 lines per leaf.

13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: ity āgniveśamuninā viracitaṃ dvāvadhikaśataślokīrāmāyaṇaṃ samāptaṃ (f. 13r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.

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 5287 (UP 2393).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2393.

OCLC:

965388654