Medieval retelling of the epic story of the Rāmāyaṇa, wherein the hero Rāma is identified with the universal spirit (adhyātma) and is nonviolent; narrative takes the form of a dialogue between the Hindu deities Śiva (as Maheśa) and Pārvatī (as Umā); traditionally ascribed to the legendary author Vyāsa. In the fourth section (kāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Rāma forms an alliance with the monkey king Sugrīva; Vālin dies; the monkey general Hanuman comes to prominence. Manuscript is missing beginning of text.
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.; Non-Latin script record.; Title from title page (f. 1r).; Colophon: idaṃ adhyātmarāmāyaṇaṃ targatakiṣkindhākāṇḍasya pustakaṃ ṣatcatvāriṃśatmatrātmakaṃ anaṃtaśiṣyasyātmārāmasya rāmabhaktasya jyotiṣyupanāmnā raghunāthena likhitaṃ tac chake 1775 pauṣkṛṣṇasaptabhyāṃ maṃ desūryodayavelāyāṃsamāptaṃ // rāma // (f. 46v).; 46 leaves foliated 1-46, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins;vertical margins marked with double red line.; Dated śaka 1775 (1853) (f. 46v).; Scribe is Raghunātha Jyotis (f. 46v) who lived in the village of Bāvadhana, now a district of the city of Pune, Maharashtra; for another manuscript written by the same scribe, see Ms. Coll. 390, Item 321.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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