Vaidyanātha Pāyaguṇḍe, active 18th century (scribe)
Date:
1837
Description:
Medieval retelling of the epic story of the Rāmāyaṇa, wherein the hero Rāma is identified with the universal spirit (adhyātma); unlike the original story, Rāma is nonviolent and his wife Sītā is hidden from the antagonist Rāvaṇa who kidnaps an illusory Sītā in her place; takes the form of a dialogue between the Hindu deities Śiva (as Maheśa) and Pārvatī (as Umā); traditionally ascribed to the fictional author Vyāsa.
Title from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.; 157 leaves foliated into two parts; Part 1, 1-77; Part 2, 1-80, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmadadhyātmarāmāyaṇe kiṣkiṃdhakāṃḍe navamaḥ sargaḥ // kiṣkiṃdhākāṃḍe śarveṇokte supuṇyenavasargaḥ // paṃcaśatāniṇlokāḥ / duritaharāḥ paṃcaśatānipaṃcāśat // ataḥ paraṃ sudarakāṃḍaṃ tasyāyaṃ mādyaślokaḥ // śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ samudramaka[??]layaṃ // lilāṃghayiṣurānaṃdasaṃdehomārutātmajaḥ // śake 1759 hemaktaṃbīnāmasaṃvatsare āśvīnaśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ iṃduvāsare mahādevabhaṭṭātmajena bālaṃbhaṭṭena likhitaṃ svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca // śubhaṃbhava / (Part 1, f. 77v).; Colophon: iti uttarakāṃḍaḥ samāptaḥ śubhaṃ bhavatu // (Part 2, f. 80v).; Dated śaka 1759 (1837) (Part 1, f. 77v).; Scribe is Bālaṃ Bhaṭṭa the son of Mahādeva Bhaṭṭa (Part 1, f. 77v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 311
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