Rāmagītā, 1772; रामगीता,१७७२

Contributor:

Mahīdhara (commentator for written text)

Date:

1772

Description:

Text from the last section (uttarakāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, chapter five, a conversation between Rāma and his brother Lakṣmaṇa where Rāma propounds the merits of knowledge of the Self (ātman) over that of action (karma); contains a Sanskrit commentary (ṭīkā) and gloss by Mahīdhara, running in succession after each verse of the main Sanskrit text.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Rāma (Hindu deity); Lakṣmaṇa (Hindu deity); Karma; Hindu mythology; Ātman

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Dialogues; Glossaries; Poems; Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (16 leaves) : paper; 13 x 29 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 16v); commentary title Rāmagītā ṭīkā from colophon (f. 16v); title Rāmagītāvivṛti, referring to gloss by Mahīdhara, supplied by cataloger.; Written in 10 lines per leaf.; 16 leaves foliated 1-16, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmahīdharaviracitārāmagītākhyāṃṭīkāṃ śubhaṃ ca kraṃ vittirāmagītāsaṃpūrṇaḥ // śake 1694 // śrāvaṇavadya // 10 // samāpta (f. 16v).; Dated śaka 1694 (1772) (f. 16v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1271

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts