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Ramayan, rare translation

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1 copy of Rāmāyan by Ranjīt Rāy ibn Ragūnāthdās

Author: Ranjīt Rāy ibn Ragūnāthdās رنجيت راى ابن رگهوناتهداس
Title: Rāmāyan
Title: راماین

Rare translation into Persian prose of Tulsidas's versified retelling in Avadhi Hindavi of the Ramayana, known as the Ramacharitamanasa

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 331 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 257 × 156 mm.
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History

Origin: 1869 of the Vikramaditya era (1812 CE); India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/24_f050r

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