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Plate MS · YANARamayana (Valmiki)ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-valmiki-ramayana

Manuscript · birch bark

Provisional

ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ

Ramayana (Valmiki)

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa

24000 folios
0% transcribed

Held at BORI

Provenance ledger

7 entries

  1. Dating-500–200 CE · range certaintymanuscriptal
  2. Held atBhandarkar Oriental Research Institute · Pune, Indiaverified evidence
  3. Materialbirch bark · Deva scriptverified evidence
  4. Catalogue IDitihasa · BORIverified evidence
  5. ReferenceGRETIL — Valmiki Ramayana (Baroda Critical Edition, digitised)manuscriptal
  6. Dynastic patronizedSatavahanascholarly interpretation
  7. Dynastic patronizedGuptascholarly interpretation

IPreservation outlook

Conservation triage · ADR-0053
85 / 100Critical
  • Climate+30
  • Material+30
  • Custody+5
  • Digitisation+20

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IICite this manuscript

"ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ" (kan/Knda, -500–200 CE). Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India, ms. itihasa. Vamshanidhi URN: urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-valmiki-ramayana.

"ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ" (kan/Knda, -500–200 CE). Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, India, ms. itihasa. Vamshanidhi URN: urn:vamshanidhi:manuscript:vedic-valmiki-ramayana.

IVDynastic attestations

VTitle in other scripts

  • kan · Kndaವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ ರಾಮಾಯಣ
  • tel · Teluవాల్మీకి రామాయణము
  • eng · LatnRamayana (Valmiki)· also Ramayana, Adi Kavya, Valmiki Ramayana
  • san · LatnVālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
  • hin · Devaवाल्मीकि रामायण· also रामायण
  • tam · Tamlவால்மீகி இராமாயணம்
  • mal · Mlymവാൽമീകി രാമായണം
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