Ārṣamahārāmāyaṇa. Sthitiprakaraṇa, 1841; आर्षमहारामायण. स्थितिप्रकरण, १८४१

Alternate Title:

Bṛhadyogavāsiṣṭhasthitiprakaraṇa

Date:

1841

Description:

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 Ānandabodhendra Sarasvatī, the Vāsiṣṭhatātyaryaprakāśa (also called Vāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇatātparyaprakāśa), runs horizontally above and below the root text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Advaita; Vedanta; Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Hindu mythology; Rāma (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); commentaries; treatises; dialogues; watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (148 leaves) : paper; 21 x 33 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 147r); alternative title Bṛhadyogavāsiṣṭhasthitiprakaraṇa from title page (f. 1r); title of commentary from colophon (f. 147r).; Written in 14-19 lines per leaf.; 148 leaves foliated 1-148, upper left and lower right verso.; Dated śaka 1763 (1841) (f. 147r).; Colophon: ity ārṣe mahārāmāyaṇe devadūtokte śatasāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vāsiṣṭhabrahmabodhe vālmīkīye sthitiprakaraṇe dviṣaṣṭhitamaḥ sargaḥ 62 // (f. 147r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with triple red line.; Watermarks of Britannia; the name W. & J. Harris, Turkey Mill, 1839; and J. & J. Town, Turkey Mill, 1840.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī); Related Work: Ānandabodhendrasarasvatī. Vāsiṣṭhamahārāmāyaṇatātparyaprakāśa.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2319

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts