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 this second section (kāṇḍa) of the Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, Rāma is exiled to the forest and his father dies. Text contains a Sanskrit commentary (setu) by Rāmavarmaṇ running parallel (above and below) the main Sanskrit text.
Siva; Sita; Rāma; Rāmavarman, commentator for written text.
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Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Dated saṃ[vat] 1937 (1880), although written in a different hand on the front cover (f. 1r).; Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Adhyātmarāmāyaṇasetu ayodhyākāṇḍa, related to commentary of Rāmavarmaṇ, from colophon (f. 73r).; Non-Latin script record.; Colophon (Commentary): iti śrīmatsakalarājavipaduddharaṇasamarthetpādivirudāvalIvirājamānasya himmativarmaṇaḥ putrasya śrIrāmaśarmaṇaḥ kṛtāvadhyātmarāmāyaṇasetodhyākā[ṃ]ḍe navamaḥ sargaḥ // 5 // (f. 73r).; Colophon: iti śrīmad adhyātmarāmāyaṇe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde ayodhyākāṃḍe navamaḥ sargaḥ // 9 // adhyātmarāmcarite 'yodhyākāṃḍe navānāṃ sargāṇāṃ saptaśatāni ślokāpuṇyāmokṣapradāḥ puṃsāṃ samāpta śubham astu // (f. 73r).; 73 leaves foliated 1-73, upper left and lower right verso.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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