Ārṣarāmāyaṇa. Kiṣkindhakāṇḍa, circa 1700-1850.
Abstract:
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 Maheśvaratīrtha, the Rāmāyaṇatattvadīpikā, runs horizontally above and below the root text.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Commentary colophon: ity ārṣe rāmāyaṇe vālmikīye caturviṃśatsahasrikāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ kiṣkiṃdhākāṃḍe saptaṣaṣṭitamaḥ sargaḥ 67 // (f. 127v).; Title from colophon (f. 127v).; Written in 7-18 lines per leaf.; 128 leaves foliated 1-128, upper left and lower right verso.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
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