Sundarakāṇḍa, 1843.
सुन्दरकाण्ड

Format:

• Manuscript

Author/Creator:

• Vālmīki, attributed name.

Contributor:

• Bhādrapanta, scribe.

Standardized Title:

• Rāmāyaṇa. Sundarakāṇḍa

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Epic literature, Sanskrit.
• Hanumān (Hindu deity).
• Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character).
• Sita (Hindu deity).
• Rāma (Hindu deity).

Genre:

• Animal stories.
• Poems.
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
• Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (90 leaves) : paper ; 17 x 36 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 350

Place of Publication:

• 1843.
• १८४३.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Fifth book of the epic poem the Rāmāyaṇa; deals with the exploits of the Hindu monkey lord Hanuman who travels to the island of Laṅkā and encounters the demon lord Rāvaṇa the text also deals with the conversations between Rāvaṇa and Sītā, who has been captured and imprisoned by the demon lord.

Notes:

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
• Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
• 90 leaves foliated 1-37, 37-89, upper left and lower right verso.
• Colophon: svasti śrīkūrmāṃcalavāsimato rathapaṃtatasyātmajakāśīvātībhādrapaṃtetapustakavālmīkiya rāmāyaṇasaṃdarakāṃḍaśodhi[?]syasti śrīsaṃvat 1900 śake 1765 āṣāḍhaśukra 4 śanau gājipure prathamaprahare samāptaṃ kṛtaṃ // (f. 89v).
• Dated saṃvat 1900 śake 1765 āṣāḍhaśukla 4 śanau (Saturday, July 1, 1843) (f. 89v).
• 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.
• Notes on paper and bindings or wrappings.
• Non-Latin script record.
• Scribe is Bhādrapanta of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), son of Rathapanta of Kūrmācala (f. 89v).

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1001 (UP 350).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 350

OCLC:

770326116